Definition of Nonheritable

1. Adjective. Not inheritable.


Definition of Nonheritable

1. Adjective. Not heritable ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonheritable

nonhemogenic
nonhemolytic
nonhepatic
nonhepatocellular
nonheraldic
nonherbaceous
nonherbal
nonherbicidal
nonherbicide
nonherbicides
nonherbivore
nonherbivores
nonherbivorous
nonhereditary
nonheretical
nonheritable (current term)
nonheritage
nonhermeneutic
nonhermeneutical
nonherniated
nonhero
nonheroes
nonheroic
nonheterocyclic
nonheteronormative
nonheterotrophic
nonheuristic

Literary usage of Nonheritable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Foundations of Biology by Lorande Loss Woodruff (1922)
"... a pure line (ruled out combinations) nothing at all resulted; he was unable to shift the mode because he was dealing with nonheritable characters. ..."

2. The Next Generation: A Study in the Physiology of Inheritance by Frances Gulick Jewett (1914)
"They are either heritable or nonheritable. No mutations have taught plainer lessons than do those which Dr. Tower brought about among his American potato ..."

3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"Heritable and nonheritable relationships and variability of oil content and agronomic characters in the Ft generation of soybean crosses. Agron. ..."

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