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Heterosis

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounThe tendency of cross-breeding to produce an animal or plant with a greater hardiness than its parents; hybrid vigour

Synonyms

heterobeltiosis hybrid vigor hybrid hybridism heterozygosis heteroploidy hybridization heterogenesis hybridogenesis heterozygosity dehybridization heterophilia

Rhymes With

apotheosis symbiosis prognosis sclerosis neurosis psychosis osmosis diagnosis

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