heterostyled

American  

[het-er-uh-stahyld] / ˈhɛt ər əˌstaɪld /

Also heterostylous

adjective

1. (of a plant) having styles of different forms or lengths in the flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of heterostyled

First recorded in 1870–75; hetero- + -style ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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heterostyled

It has been shown that heterostyled plants occur in fourteen natural families, dispersed throughout the whole vegetable kingdom, and that even within the family of the Rubiaceae they are dispersed in eight of the tribes.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin

We can thus understand why it is that not a single species is heterostyled in such great families as the Leguminosae, Labiatae, Scrophulariaceae, Orchideae, etc., all of which have irregular flowers.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin

With some species the pistil continues growing for a long time, so that if old and young flowers are compared they might be thought to be heterostyled.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin

Primrose, heterostyled flowers of the,  311;differences of the pollen in the two forms of the,  312.

From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Charles Darwin

From statements made by Vaucher I was led to think that Soldanella alpina was heterostyled, but it is impossible that Kerner, who has closely studied this plant, could have overlooked the fact.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin