The dominant seed color is yellow; therefore, the parental genotypes were YY (homozygous dominant) for the plants with yellow seeds and yy (homozygous recessive) for the plants with green seeds, respectively.
1. of or pertaining to any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies. 2. beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding. 3. secret; disclosed or communicated only to the initiated. 4. hidden from view. 5. Med. not readily detectable, esp. at the place of origin: occult bleeding.
The word occult is derived from the Latin word occultus which means  hidden . Occult blood is a medical term which refers to blood which cannot be seen, except perhaps under a microscope. The Occult has been defined as any activity which. 1  is esoteric (employs knowledge that is not known to the general public, but which is only revealed gradually to a selected few in training), and. 2  depends upon those talents which lie beyond the five senses, and. 3  engages with the supernatural.