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xenia

xe·ni·a [ znee ə, znyə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
genetic effect of pollen: the effect of genes carried by pollen on the food storage tissue endosperm of the pollinated seed

[Late 19th century. Via modern Latin< Greek, "hospitality" < xenos "stranger, foreigner"]
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