LekhoriLekhoriTo produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
To give birth to; to be the native place of.
A pond breeds fish.
To mate.
All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
a breed of tulip
A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.
A surname.
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States, named after postmaster George M. Breed.
Inherited from Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisi...
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A group of people with shared characteristics.
People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.