heterocephalous

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adjective

Bearing two kinds of head or capitula; said of certain composite plants.

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Meanings

adjectiveheterocephalous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyBearing two kinds of head or capitula; said of certain composite plants.
  2. not comparableHaving the governing body appointed by an outside authority; government through heterocephaly.

    It is possible for a heterocephalous group to be autonomous and an autocephalous group to be heteronomous

    2009, Max Weber, The Theory Of Social And Economic Organization

Origin

From hetero- + -cephalous.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

thelephoraceous
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APA

heterocephalous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterocephalous

MLA

“heterocephalous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterocephalous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heterocephalous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterocephalous.

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