heterœcism
See also: heteroecism
English
Alternative forms
- heteroecism
Noun
heterœcism (uncountable)
- (mycology) Development of different stages of the same growth on different host‐plants; production of the æcidiospores or conidia of a fungus on one host, and of its uredospores and teleutospores on another.
- 1881, Charles B. Plowright in Grevillea, Volume X., page #34:
- Without entering upon the question generally, of whether most superstitions have not a strain, however meagre, of truth underlying them, this sentiment has not been without considerable influence in rendering us chary of accepting the heterœcism of Puccinia graminis.
- 1881, Charles B. Plowright in Grevillea, Volume X., page #34:
References
- heterœcism in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911