hybridization(n = noun.act) cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridizing, interbreeding - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids; Array
is a kind of conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union
has particulars: dihybrid cross, monohybrid cross, reciprocal, reciprocal cross, test-cross, testcross
Derived form verb hybridize₁

   The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized. [1913 Webster]