| AMPHITROPOUS | • amphitropous adj. (Botany) Having the ovule bent so that the ends are near each other. • AMPHITROPOUS adj. of an ovule, with its point of attachment in the middle. |
| APOMORPHINES | • apomorphines n. Plural of apomorphine. • APOMORPHINE n. an alkaloid prepared by dehydrating morphine, also APOMORPHIA. |
| EPIMORPHOSES | • EPIMORPHOSIS n. a type of development in animals, such as certain insect larvae, in which segmentation of the body is complete before hatching. |
| EPIMORPHOSIS | • epimorphosis n. The regeneration of tissues or organs through the dedifferentiation of existing, differentiated adult tissues. • EPIMORPHOSIS n. a type of development in animals, such as certain insect larvae, in which segmentation of the body is complete before hatching. |
| HAPTOTROPISM | • haptotropism n. (Biology) The movement of parts of a plant (especially tendrils) in response to a touch stimulus. • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |
| MORPHOTROPIC | • morphotropic adj. (Crystallography) Of or pertaining to morphotropism. • morphotropic adj. Describing a phase transition due to a change in composition. • morphotropic adj. Describing the phase boundary between tetragonal and rhombohedral regions of a ferroelectric. |
| OPHIOMORPHIC | • ophiomorphic adj. Snake-shaped; serpentine. • OPHIOMORPHIC adj. snakelike, also OPHIOMORPHOUS. |
| PAEDOMORPHIC | • paedomorphic adj. Of, relating to, or resulting from the retention of juvenile characteristics by an adult. • pædomorphic adj. Alternative spelling of pedomorphic. • PAEDOMORPHIC adj. of, relating to, involving, or exhibiting paedomorphosis or paedomorphism. |
| PERIMORPHOUS | • perimorphous adj. Perimorphic. • PERIMORPHOUS adj. like a perimorph, also PERIMORPHIC. |
| PHOSPHORISMS | • PHOSPHORISM n. (obsolete) chronic phosphorus poisoning. |
| PHOTOTROPISM | • phototropism n. (Biology) The movement of a plant towards or away from light. • PHOTOTROPISM n. movement directed by light. |
| PLEOMORPHIES | • PLEOMORPHY n. the state of being pleomorphic, occurring in several different forms. |
| PLEOMORPHISM | • pleomorphism n. (Biology) the occurrence of multiple structural forms during the life cycle of an organism. • pleomorphism n. (Chemistry) Synonym of polymorphism. • PLEOMORPHISM n. polymorphism; the occurrence of two or more structural forms during a life cycle. |
| POLYMORPHISM | • polymorphism n. The ability to assume different forms or shapes. • polymorphism n. (Biology) The coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not… • polymorphism n. (Object-oriented programming) The feature pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based… |
| PROTOMORPHIC | • protomorphic adj. (Biology) Having the most primitive character; in the earliest form. • PROTOMORPHIC adj. primordial; primitive. |
| PYROMORPHITE | • pyromorphite n. (Mineralogy) A yellowish-green mineral, a mixed phosphate and chloride of lead with the chemical formula… • PYROMORPHITE n. a green, brown, or yellow lead ore. |