Here's a breakdown:
* Homozygous: Means having two identical alleles for a particular trait.
* Recessive: Means that the allele's trait is only expressed if two copies of it are present.
For example, if the gene for eye color has two alleles: brown (B) and blue (b), where brown is dominant and blue is recessive, then a person with the genotype bb is homozygous recessive for blue eyes.