n. See hybrid vigor. [Late Greek heterōsis, alteration, alteration of Greek heteroiōsis, from heteroioun, to alter, from heteroios, different in kind, from heteros, other; see HETERO-.] het′er·otic (-rŏtĭk) adj. |
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