Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
HERITABILITY
Noun
heritability (countable and uncountable, plural heritabilities)
(uncountable) The condition of being inheritable
(countable, genetics) The ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance; i.e. the proportion of variability that is genetic in origin
Synonyms
• inheritability (much less common)
Antonyms
• environmentability
Source: Wiktionary
Her`it*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Definition: The state of being heritable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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