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Hybridism is the commonest fault that accompanies the introduction of new words.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Pangenesis does not throw much light on Hybridism, but agrees well with most of the ascertained facts.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

Hybridism, ii. 178-191; the cause of a tendency to double flowers, ii.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

The two first heads will be here discussed; some miscellaneous objections in the following chapter; Instinct and Hybridism in the two succeeding chapters.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles

It is important as indirectly bearing on Hybridism; and possibly on the extinction of species, when any form has become so rare that only a few individuals remain within a confined area.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles