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heterochromous

heterochromous adjective: having the central florets of a flower head of a different colour from those of the circumference.

Adjective

heterochromous (not comparable)

  1. Having the central florets of a flower head of a different colour from those of the circumference.
  2. Having each part colored by a color that is distinct from the colors of all other parts.
    • A triangle is heterochromous if and only if its three angles are heterochromous angles.2010, Bin Xiong, Zhongyi Zheng, Graph Theory: In Mathematical Olympiad And Competitions, page 96
  3. Having heterochromia.
    • The parallel account suggests that several prison physicians were occupied with the autopsies of (twin) children with heterochromous eyes from the “Gypsy family camp” at Auschwitz-Birkenau – and there are additional indications that point in this direction.2008, Hans-Walter Schmuhl, The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics, 1927-1945, page 384

Origin of heterochromous

From hetero- + chromo- + -ous.

Questions about heterochromous

What does heterochromous mean?
Heterochromous means having the central florets of a flower head of a different colour from those of the circumference.
What part of speech is heterochromous?
Heterochromous is an adjective.

Words near heterochromous in the dictionary

  1. heterochromic
  2. heterochromophoric
  3. heterochromosomal
  4. heterochromosome
  5. heterochromosomes
  6. heterochromous
  7. heterochromy
  8. heterochroneous
  9. heterochronia
  10. heterochronial
  11. heterochronic

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