PLEOMORPHISM
\plɪˈɒmɔːfˌɪzəm], \plɪˈɒmɔːfˌɪzəm], \p_l_ɪ__ˈɒ_m_ɔː_f_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism.
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The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species.
By Oddity Software
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The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism.
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The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species.
By Noah Webster.
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).