[ Gr.
n. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in the hog peanut Amphicarpaea bracteata (photo by Daniel Reed ([email protected]) from http://www.2bnthewild.com), in which besides the usual pods produced from flowers above ground, there are others underground. In the hog peanut the above-ground flowers are all creamy white or tinged with purple, as in the photo. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]
a. (Bot.) Characterized by heterocarpism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Hetero- + Gr.&unr_; head. ] (Bot.) Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; horn. ] (Zool.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennæ variable in form. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; tail. ] (Anat.) Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; a tail. ] (Anat.) Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; color. ] (Bot.) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.
a. [ L. heteroclitus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; other + &unr_; to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F. hétéroclite. ] Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal. [ 1913 Webster ]