Term: heterosis: (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: wee: a short time → 0
Candidate hypernym: metrification: writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition) → 0
Candidate hypernym: referent: the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate → 0
Candidate hypernym: above: an earlier section of a written text → 0
Candidate hypernym: communications security establishment: Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and assist law enforcement and security agencies → 0
Candidate hypernym: salvo: an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs → 0
Candidate hypernym: long tom: a long swivel cannon formerly used by the navy → 0
Candidate hypernym: condition: the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') → 0
Candidate hypernym: pink calla: calla having a rose-colored spathe → 0
Candidate hypernym: o: the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens → 0