Definitions for heterosis

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heterosis het·er·o·sis

Spelling: [het-uh-roh-sis]

IPA: /ˌhɛt əˈroʊ sɪs/

Heterosis is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 404 anagrams from letters in heterosis (eehiorsst).

Definitions for heterosis

noun

1. the increase in growth, size, fecundity, function, yield, or other characters in hybrids over those of the parents.

Origin of heterosis

First recorded in 1910-15, heterosis is from the Late Greek word hetérōsis an alteration. See hetero-, -sis