Associations to the word «Heterogenesis»

Wiktionary

HETEROGENESIS, noun. (biology) Abnormal organic development.
HETEROGENESIS, noun. (biology) The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle.

Dictionary definition

HETEROGENESIS, noun. The alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne