■ verb 'sɛgrɪgeɪt
1》 set apart from the rest or from each other.
2》 separate along racial, sexual, or religious lines.
3》 Genetics (of pairs of alleles) be separated at meiosis and transmitted independently via separate gametes.
■ noun 'sɛgrɪgət
1》 Genetics an allele that has undergone segregation.
2》 Botany a species within an aggregate.
Derivatives
segregable adjective
segregative adjective
Origin
C16: from L. segregat- , segregare 'separate from the flock'.