- het|er|oe|cism
- het|er|oe|cism «HEHT uh REE sihz uhm», noun.the condition of being heteroecious.
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cism — ac·a·dem·i·cism; aes·thet·i·cism; agel·i·cism; ag·nos·ti·cism; anat·o·cism; an·gli·cism; an·thro·po·cen·tri·cism; apoc·a·lyp·ti·cism; arab·i·cism; ar·cha·i·cism; as·cet·i·cism; asi·at·i·cism; ath·let·i·cism; at·ti·cism; be·ta·cism; bib·li·cism;… … English syllables
het — che·che·het; het·er·aki·dae; het·er·a·kis; het·er·an·drous; het·er·an·gi·um; het·er·an·the·ra; het·er·atomic; het·er·auxesis; het·er·axial; het·er·ism; het·er·i·za·tion; het·ero·agglutinin; het·ero·autotroph; het·ero·autotrophic; het·ero·auxin;… … English syllables
heteroecism — het·er·oe·cism … English syllables
heteroecious — het·er·oe·cious .het ə rē shəs adj passing through the different stages in the life cycle on alternate and often unrelated hosts <heteroecious insects> het·er·oe·cism rē .siz əm n * * * het·er·oe·cious (het″ər eґshəs) [heter … Medical dictionary
heteroecism — het•er•oe•cism [[t]ˌhɛt əˈri sɪz əm[/t]] n. dvl the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants • Etymology: 1870–75; heter + Gk oik(ía) house + ism het er•oe′cious ʃəs adj … From formal English to slang
oe — oe·ci·a·cus; oe·cist; oe·ci·um; oe·con·o·mus; oe·co·phor·i·dae; oe·cus; oe·de·mer·i·dae; oe·dic·ne·mus; oe·do·go·ni·a·ce·ae; oe·do·go·ni·a·les; oe·do·go·ni·um; oe·ne·is; oe·nin; oe·no·car·pus; oe·noch·oe; oe·noch·oe; oe·no·cyte; oe·no·cy·toid;… … English syllables
ER — ER; ab·er·deen; ab·er·do·ni·an; ab·er·rant; ac·cel·er·ate; ag·glom·er·ate; al·lit·er·ate; al·to·geth·er; an·oth·er; an·ti·cho·lin·er·gic; ap·er; ap·prov·er; av·er·age; back·er; back·hand·er; badg·er; bail·er; bark·er; bar·ri·er; bast·er; beak·er; … English syllables
heteroecious — [het΄ər ē′shəs] adj. 〚/span> HETERO + Gr oikia, a house (see ECO ) + OUS〛 Biol. living as a parasite on first one species of host and then another heteroecism [het΄ər ēsi … Universalium
Heteroecious — Het er*[oe] cious, a. [Hetero + Gr. ? house.] (Bot.) Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat rust fungus ({Puccinia graminis}), and certain other parasitic fungi; contrasted with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Heteroecism — Heteroecious Het er*[oe] cious, a. [Hetero + Gr. ? house.] (Bot.) Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat rust fungus ({Puccinia graminis}), and certain other parasitic fungi;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
