hybrid

noun

• 1 Biology the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule (a hybrid of a donkey and a horse):a hybrid of wheat and rye

• 2a thing made by combining two different elements; a mixture:the final text is a hybrid of the stage play and the film
• a word formed from elements taken from different languages, for example television (tele- from Greek, vision from Latin).
• (also hybrid car) a car with a gasoline engine and an electric motor, each of which can propel it.

adjective

• of mixed character; composed of mixed parts:Mexico’s hybrid postconquest culture
• bred as a hybrid from different species or varieties:a hybrid variety hybrid offspring