Definitions for "F1 hybrid"
A first generation offspring obtained from two selected purebred plants.
the first generation of hybrids after crossing two varieties.
A plant which grows from seed produced as the result of a controlled cross between two genetically unlike parents. Such hybrids are usually very uniform. Crosses between two inbred lines, between one inbred and a single-cross hybrid, or between two single cross hybrids, are called single, three way and double cross hybrids respectively.