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Definition of Heteroecious
1. Adjective. Of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species. "Heteroecious insects"
Definition of Heteroecious
1. Adjective. (biology) Of dependent organisms, spending portions of the life cycle on different types of hosts. ¹
2. Adjective. (alternative form of heteroecious) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heteroecious
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Heteroecious
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Heteroecious
Literary usage of Heteroecious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"... and is heteroecious—ie forms its ... which is heteroecious on ... and which
is heteroecious not on the Barberry but on species of ..."
2. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"81), but in the heteroecious rusts, in addition to a similar alternation, the
parasitic phase ... Another well-known heteroecious fungus is Gymnosporangium, ..."
3. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"Clinton, GP heteroecious rusts of Connecticut having a ... Praser, WP Cultures
of some heteroecious rusts. Mycologia 3: 67-74. 1911. ..."
4. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"An example of an heteroecious Rust Fungus is afforded by Puccinia graminis, ...
In these heteroecious species there is thus an alternation of host plants. ..."
5. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1915)
"This is especially true of the heteroecious rusts, as cultures are in all cases
necessary to the establishment of the specific identity of an ..."
6. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1915)
"The control of heteroecious forest tree fungi in most cases hinges on the
elimination of the alternate host and this brings us to the most important part of ..."
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