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heterosis

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het=er=o=sis

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun heterosis has 1 sense

heterosis(n = noun.attribute) hybrid vigor - (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent; Array

is a kind of inclination, tendency

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CIDE DICTIONARY

heterosis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. alteration, fr. other, different.].

A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: “What is life to such as me?” Aytoun. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

heterosis, n. the tendency of a cross-bred individual to show qualities superior to those of both parents.

Etymology

Gk f. heteros different

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