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comparative more heterogonous, superlative most heterogonous
(botany) Characterized by heterogony. examples
Having offspring that are dissimilar to their parents. quotations examples
The Chermes not only pass through a heterogonism in five sparate generations, but one and the same species can live in related rows by the temporary suppression of the true heterogonous circles.
1917, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Volume 37
Having multiple origins. quotations examples
What underpins this is a complex, heterogonous, and to Freud, timeless, field of unconscious traces, drives, instincts, processes or, relatedly, Id.
2016, Paul Cammell, Reinterpreting the Borderline, page 98
Misspelling of heterogenous. examples