HETEROECIOUS


Meaning of HETEROECIOUS in English

I. adjective

or het·er·e·cious |hed.ə|rēshəs

Etymology: heter- + -oecious or -ecious (from Greek oikia house + English -ous ) — more at vicinity

: passing through the different stages in its life cycle on alternate and often unrelated hosts

heteroecious rusts

heteroecious insects

— contrasted with homoecious ; compare autoecious

• het·er·oe·cious·ly adverb

• het·er·oe·cious·ness noun -es

• het·er·oe·cism ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrēˌsizəm noun -s

• het·er·oe·cy ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌrēsē noun -es

II.

variant of heteroicous

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