Farmers often crossbreed drought-resistant wheat with high-yield varieties to produce crops that thrive in arid climates.
农民常将耐旱小麦与高产品种杂交，以培育出能在干旱气候中茁壮生长的作物。
Which choice best defines “crossbreed”?
D — To produce an animal or plant by mating or hybridizing two different species or varieties. “crossbreed” means to produce an animal or plant by mating or hybridizing two different species or varieties.
Which word means “to produce an animal or plant by mating or hybridizing two different species or varieties”?
D — crossbreed. “crossbreed” means to produce an animal or plant by mating or hybridizing two different species or varieties.
crossbreed — to produce an animal or plant by mating or hybridizing two different species or varieties. In Chinese: 杂交.
crossbreed is pronounced /ˈkrɒsbriːd/.
Farmers often crossbreed drought-resistant wheat with high-yield varieties to produce crops that thrive in arid climates. (农民常将耐旱小麦与高产品种杂交，以培育出能在干旱气候中茁壮生长的作物。)
hybridize, interbreed, mongrelize — all close in meaning to crossbreed (to produce an animal or plant by mating or hybridizing two different species or varieties).
purebreed — each the opposite of crossbreed (to produce an animal or plant by mating or hybridizing two different species or varieties).
Yes. crossbreed is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.