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heteroblastic

heteroblastic adjective: developing from more than a single type of tissue.

Adjective

heteroblastic (not comparable)

  1. Developing from more than a single type of tissue.
  2. Growing several forms or type of leaves along a shoot depending on age or shoot length.

Origin of heteroblastic

From hetero- + -blastic.

Words that rhyme with heteroblastic

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Questions about heteroblastic

What does heteroblastic mean?
Heteroblastic means developing from more than a single type of tissue.
What part of speech is heteroblastic?
Heteroblastic is an adjective.

Words near heteroblastic in the dictionary

  1. heterobiographies
  2. heterobiography
  3. heterobiont
  4. heterobionts
  5. heterobiotic
  6. heteroblastic
  7. heteroblastically
  8. heteroblasty
  9. heterobonded
  10. heterobranch
  11. heterobranchian

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