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heterophyletic

heterophyletic adjective: having two or more different lines of descent.

Adjective

heterophyletic (not comparable)

  1. Having two or more different lines of descent

Origin of heterophyletic

From hetero- + phyletic.

Questions about heterophyletic

What does heterophyletic mean?
Heterophyletic means having two or more different lines of descent.
What part of speech is heterophyletic?
Heterophyletic is an adjective.

Words near heterophyletic in the dictionary

  1. heterophorias
  2. heterophoric
  3. heterophyadic
  4. heterophyid
  5. heterophyids
  6. heterophyletic
  7. heterophylline
  8. heterophyllous
  9. heterophylly
  10. heterophyly
  11. heterophyte

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