Definitions for heteroecism

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heteroecism het·er·oe·cism

Spelling: [het-uh-ree-siz-uh m]

IPA: /ˌhɛt əˈri sɪz əm/

Heteroecism is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 929 anagrams from letters in heteroecism (ceeehimorst).

Definitions for heteroecism

noun

1. the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.

Origin of heteroecism

1870-75; hetero- + Greek oik(ía) “house” + -ism

Examples for heteroecism

This is the only case of heteroecism known in the vegetable kingdom outside the Uredineae.