About The Word Heteroecious
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Heteroecious
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What's The Definition Of Heteroecious?
[adj] of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species; "heteroecious fungi"; "heteroecious insects"
[adj] of parasitic animals; spending different stages of the life cycle on different host species Synonyms | Synonyms for Heteroecious: Related Terms | Find terms related to Heteroecious: See Also | Heteroecious In Webster's Dictionary \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 {aut[oe]cious}. -- {Het`er*[oe]"cism}, n.
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