sticky end

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1. an end of DNA in which one strand of the double helix extends a few units beyond the other (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, dna,
definition	:	(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information (noun.substance)