EGAVE

dimorphism

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.
  2. noun The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual.
  3. noun A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.

Similar words

difference dioecy heterogony variegation polygamy heterophylly heterospory anisophylly diclinism dicot

Often followed by

in of is and was has as may between

Word family

dimorphisms

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