heterostyledadj.
/ˈhɛtərəʊstʌɪld/ Botany.
Having the styles or pistils of different individual plants of different lengths relatively to their stamens; the same as heteromorphic or heterogonous.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > characterized by relative length
homomorphous1854
thrum-eyed1861
trimorphic1866
dimorphic1870
homomorphic1873
heteromorphic1874
heterostyled1876
heterogone1877
heterogonous1877
homogone1877
homogonous1877
homostyled1877
homostylic1883
homostylous1886
heterostylous1887
1876 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1892) 311 The nature of heterostyled plants may be illustrated in the primrose.
1877 Amer. Jrnl. Sc. 3rd Ser. 82 Mr. Darwin's term [dimorphism] has the disadvantage of not indicating what parts of the blossom are dimorphic..This has been supplied by Hildebrand, in Germany, who has introduced [Bot. Zeit. 1871] the term heterostyled and the counterpart homostyled.
Derivatives
heteroˈstylism n.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > condition of being of relative length
pinned eye1842
heterostylism1875
isostemony1880
heterostyly1887
homostyly1887
thrum eye1888
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. iii. vi. 809 Another contrivance for the mutual fertilisation of different individuals of plants with hermaphrodite flowers,—Dimorphism (or Heterostylism)..In one individual the flowers all have a long style and short filaments, while in another individual all the flowers have a short style and long filaments.
1876 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1892) 53 This account was published before I had discovered the meaning of heterostylism.
ˈheterostyly n. the condition of having the styles of different lengths relatively to the stamens; heteromorphism, heterogony.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > condition of being of relative length
pinned eye1842
heterostylism1875
isostemony1880
heterostyly1887
homostyly1887
thrum eye1888
1887 K. Goebel Morphol. Plants 405 A further method for securing the mutual fertilisation of different plants of the same species is heterogony (heterostyly).
heteroˈstylous adj. = heterostyled adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > characterized by relative length
homomorphous1854
thrum-eyed1861
trimorphic1866
dimorphic1870
homomorphic1873
heteromorphic1874
heterostyled1876
heterogone1877
heterogonous1877
homogone1877
homogonous1877
homostyled1877
homostylic1883
homostylous1886
heterostylous1887
1887 H. M. Ward tr. J. von Sachs Lect. Physiol. Plants 792 The same principle is also employed in the case of heterostylous flowers.
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adj.1875