HETEROSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterosis mean? 

• HETEROSIS (noun)
  The noun HETEROSIS has 1 sense:

1. (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent

  Familiarity information: HETEROSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETEROSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

heterosis; hybrid vigor

Hypernyms ("heterosis" is a kind of...):

inclination; tendency (a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)