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homochromous

homochromous adjective: having all the florets in the same flower head of the same colour.

Adjective

homochromous (not comparable)

  1. Having all the florets in the same flower head of the same colour.
  2. Having both eyes the same color; not heterochromous.
    • Thus, it is probable that Magnussen herself photographed the (homochromous) eyes of one pair of twins from the Mechau family, which Georg Wagner had brought to the institute in Dahlem for examination before their deportation to Auschwitz in March 1943, and that she received additional photographs...2008, Hans-Walter Schmuhl, The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics, 1927-1945, page 380
  3. All of one color; monochromatic.
    • He obtained in various experiments 124 captures on non-homochromous ground against 68 on homochromous at low illumination.1957, Arid Zone Research - Issue 8, page 122
    • Fuzeau-Braesch (1985, p. 574) even stated that "gregarious adults are incapable of darkening if transferred onto a black background, as opposed to the solitarious kind that easily bedome homochromous: grouping inhibits homochromy".2009, Advances in Insect Physiology: Locust Phase Polyphenism: An Update, page 55

Origin of homochromous

From homo- + chromo- + -ous.

Questions about homochromous

What does homochromous mean?
Homochromous means having all the florets in the same flower head of the same colour.
What part of speech is homochromous?
Homochromous is an adjective.

Words near homochromous in the dictionary

  1. homochromatic
  2. homochromatism
  3. homochromia
  4. homochromic
  5. homochromophoric
  6. homochromous
  7. homochromy
  8. homochronous
  9. homocitrate
  10. homocitrates
  11. homocitric

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