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heterothallic

heterothallic adjective: producing male and female reproductive structures in different plants.

Adjective

heterothallic (not comparable)

  1. Producing male and female reproductive structures in different plants

Noun

heterothallic (plural heterothallics)

  1. Such an alga or fungus

Antonyms of heterothallic

Forms of heterothallic

pluralheterothallics

Origin of heterothallic

From hetero- + thallic.

Questions about heterothallic

What does heterothallic mean?
Heterothallic means producing male and female reproductive structures in different plants.
What part of speech is heterothallic?
Heterothallic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near heterothallic in the dictionary

  1. heterotetrametric
  2. heterotetraploid
  3. heterotetraploids
  4. heterotext
  5. heterotexts
  6. heterothallic
  7. heterothallically
  8. heterothallics
  9. heterothallism
  10. heterothallisms
  11. heterothally

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