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Definition of DIMORPHISM

Dimorphism
Dimorphism Di*mor"phism, n. [Cf. F. dimorphisme.] 1. (Biol.) Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly. Dimorphism is the condition of the appearance of the same species under two dissimilar forms. --Darwin. 2. (Crystallog.) Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.

Meaning of DIMORPHISM from wikipedia

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- Look up dimorphism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dimorphism or dimorphic may refer to: Dimorphic root systems, plant roots with two distinctive...
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- large size dimorphism, with females being larger than males. Conversely, the Lesbiini clade (coquettes) displays very little size dimorphism; males and...
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- Frond dimorphism refers to a difference in ferns between the fertile and sterile fronds. Since ferns, unlike flowering plants, bear spores on the leaf...