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Heterocarpism
- - The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in the hog peanut Amphicarpaea bracteata (photo by Daniel Reed (daniel@2bnthewild.com) from http://www.2bnthewild.com), in which besides the usual pods produced from flowers above ground, there are others underground. In the hog peanut the above-ground flowers are all creamy white or tinged with purple, as in the photo.
Heterocarpous
- - Characterized by heterocarpism.
Heterocyclics
- noun - a compound containing a heterocyclic ring
Heterodromous
- - Having spirals of changing direction.
Heterogametic
- unknown - Producing dissimilar gametes, such as those of human and mammalian males, or avian females who produce two types of spermatozoa, one bearing the X-chromosome and the other bearing the Y-chromosome.
Heterogeneity
- noun - the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
Heterogeneous
- adjective - consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous"
- originating outside the body
Heterogeneses
- noun - the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
Heterogenesis
- noun - the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal