Definition of: xenia

(zē′nē·ə) noun Bot.
The influence of the pollen of one species upon the maternal tissues of another species after hybrid fertilization: a phenomenon observed particularly in maize, which often shows blue kernels in a yellow-seeded variety pollinated by a blue-seeded one. [<NL <Gk. xenia hospitality <xenos a guest]

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