Meanings
nounholomorph (plural holomorphs)
plural holomorphs
- biologyAll forms in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota treated as a whole.
- mathematicsThe group formed by taking the semidirect product of a group by its automorphism group.
Origin
By surface analysis, holo- + -morph.
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holomorph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holomorph
MLA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “holomorph,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holomorph.
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