peaness

English

Etymology

pea +‎ -ness

Noun

peaness (uncountable)

  1. (biology) The property of being a pea comb.
    • 1909, The Eugenics Review (volume 1, page 136)
      A rose comb is therefore regarded as a single comb in which roseness is present but peaness is absent; and a pea comb is similarly a single one where peaness is present and roseness is absent.

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