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homothallic

homothallic adjective: producing male and female reproductive structures in the same plant.

Adjective

homothallic (not comparable)

  1. Producing male and female reproductive structures in the same plant

Noun

homothallic (plural homothallics)

  1. A homothallic fungus or alga

Antonyms of homothallic

Forms of homothallic

pluralhomothallics

Origin of homothallic

From homo- + thallic.

Words formed from homothallic

Questions about homothallic

What does homothallic mean?
Homothallic means producing male and female reproductive structures in the same plant.
What part of speech is homothallic?
Homothallic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near homothallic in the dictionary

  1. homotetramerization
  2. homotetramerizing
  3. homotetramers
  4. homotetranucleotide
  5. homotetranucleotides
  6. homothallic
  7. homothallically
  8. homothallics
  9. homothallism
  10. homothally
  11. homothecies

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