STRAIN

n. 1 family, stock, ancestry, roots, extraction, derivation, (family) background, heritage, descent, parentage, lineage, pedigree, bloodline, race, line, descendants This sample of sweet pea came from an entirely different strain 2 trace, hint, suggestion, suspicion, soupçon, streak, trait, mark, indication, vestige, evidence, sign There was a definite strain of ruthlessness in her character