HETEROBLASTIC

Etymology

Adjective

heteroblastic (not comparable)

(biology) Developing from more than a single type of tissue.

(botany) Growing several forms or type of leaves along a shoot depending on age or shoot length.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 November 2024

ONCHOCERCIASIS

(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America


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