heteroblastic

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adjective

Developing from more than a single type of tissue.

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Meanings

adjectiveheteroblastic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyDeveloping from more than a single type of tissue.
  2. not comparablebiologyGrowing several forms or type of leaves along a shoot depending on age or shoot length.

Origin

From hetero- + -blastic.

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Translations

Spanish heteroblástico
  • heteroblásticodeveloping from more than a single type of tissue

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with heteroblastic

fantasticelasticenthusiasticstochasticdrasticthermoplasticsarcasticantineoplasticmonasticinelasticgymnasticmasticviscoelasticdynasticbombasticaplasticanaplasticiconoclasticclasticpyroclastictrophoblasticdysplasticecclesiasticorgiastic
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Cite this entry
APA

heteroblastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteroblastic

MLA

“heteroblastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteroblastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heteroblastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteroblastic.

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