MULE, n. [L. mulus.]
1. A quadruped of a mongrel breed,usually generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes between a horse and a she-ass. but the name is applied to any animal produced by a mixture of different species.
2. A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species of plant with the farin or fecundating dust of another. This is called also a hybrid.
