DIMORPHISM
\dˈɪmɔːfˌɪzəm], \dˈɪmɔːfˌɪzəm], \d_ˈɪ_m_ɔː_f_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly.
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Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.
By Oddity Software
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Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly.
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Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.
By Noah Webster.
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A state in which two forms of flower are produced by the same species: the property of crystallizing in two forms.
By Daniel Lyons
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Condition of having stamens of two different lengths, of having two different kinds of leaves, flowers, etc., State of having two different forms of one sex; of having two different kinds of zooids; of having two different kinds of offspring; of having broods which, owing to differing conditions, differ in size or colouring.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).