recessive
adj 1 : producing little or no phenotypic effect when occurring in heterozygous condition with a contrasting allele < genes> 2 : expressed only when the determining gene is in the homozygous condition < traits> re*ces*sive*ly adv re*ces*sive*ness n , n 1 : a recessive character or gene 2 : an organism possessing one or more recessive characters .
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