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heteroecism
[ het-uh-ree-siz-uhm ]
noun
Biology.
- the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ··DZ·dzܲ [het-, uh, -, ree, -sh, uh, s], adjective
- e·DZcdzܲ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of heteroecism1
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Example Sentences
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Heteroecism is very common in this group and is now known in over one hundred and fifty species.
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The eu and opsis forms may exhibit the remarkable phenomenon of heteroecism, i.e. the dependence of the fungus on two distinct host-plants for the completion of the life-history.
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This is the only case of heteroecism known in the vegetable kingdom outside the Uredineae.
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