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cybridization
 n.— «An experimental called cybridization transfers a gene for sterility into seedy varieties, rendering them seedless more efficiently than the shotgun approach used in irradiation.» —“Seedless Fruits Make Needless” by David Karp The Ledger (Lakeland, Flordia) Mar. 25, 2007. (: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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