HEREDITY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the total of inherited attributes
   Synonym(s)
   • genetic endowment (what does genetic endowment mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) heredity is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • property (what does property mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • inheritance (what does inheritance mean?)
   • hereditary pattern (what does hereditary pattern mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
   Hypernyms(s) heredity is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organic process (what does organic process mean?)
   • biological process (what does biological process mean?)