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metœcious, a. Bot.|mɪˈtiːʃəs| [f. Gr. µετα- (denoting change) + οἰκία house: see -ious.] = heterœcious.
1882Vines Sachs' Bot. 332 Such forms as these are said to be heterœcious (metœcious), to distinguish them from those above-mentioned which inhabit the same host throughout their whole life (autœcious). Hence metœcism |mɪˈtiːsɪz(ə)m| = heterœcism.
1887Garnsey & Balfour De Bary's Fungi 388 Metoecism, that is, enforced change of the living host, is not known outside the group of the Uredineae. |