cryptomerism
/krɪpˈtɒmərɪz(ə)m/Biology. Now rare
noun
The property of a genetic factor of remaining unexpressed in the phenotype unless activated by another factor.
Origin
Early 20th century. From crypto- + -merism, after German Kryptomerie.
- longeron
- long-established
- longevity
- longevous
- long face
- long-faced
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Longford
- long grasser
- longhair
- long-haired
- longhand
- long haul
- long-headed
- long-headedness
- long hop
- longhorn
- longhorn beetle
- long-horned grasshopper
- longhouse
- Long, Huey Pierce
- long hundredweight
- longicorn
- longing
- longingly