heteroblastic

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botany (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures Compare homoblastic

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Heteroblastic, het-er-o-blas′tik, adj. derived from different cells:—opposed to Homoblastic.

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Homoblastic, hō-mō-blas′tik, adj. of the same germinal origin:—opp. of Heteroblastic.

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