heteroplastic (comparative more heteroplastic, superlative most heteroplastic)
(pathology) Of, or relating to heteroplasm
(surgery) Of a graft between individuals of different species
(botany) Of cells possessing plastids from two or more parent cells or organisms.
Source: Wiktionary
Het`er*o*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Hetero- + -plastic.] (Biol.)
Definition: Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone. Haeckel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 November 2024
(adverb) in a searching manner; “‘Are you really happy with him,’ asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
