If one species of animal or plant cross-breeds with another, they reproduce, and new or different animals or plants are produced. You can also say that someone cross-breeds something such as an animal or plant. By cross-breeding with our native red deer, the skia deer have affected the gene pool Unfortunately attempts to crossbreed it with other potatoes have been unsuccessful Dr Russel is creating an elite herd by cross-breeding goats from around the globe. a cross-bred labrador
if one breed of plant or animal crossbreeds with another, or if you crossbreed them, they breed, producing a new type of plant or animal. an animal or plant that is a mixture of breeds hybrid
an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"