heterostyled

American

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

Also heterostylous

adjective

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

Etymology

Origin of heterostyled

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

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Heterostyled plants, 311;some forms of fertilisation of, analogous to hybridisation, 312.

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Plants, climbing, 45, 313-315;insectivorous, 47, 319-322; power of movement in, 48, 315-319; garden, difficulty of naming, 308; heterostyled, polygamous, diœcious and gynodiœcious, 311.

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

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Sterility, in heterostyled plants, 312.

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It would be impertinence of me to say anything in praise of it, except that I have read the chapters on "Illegitimate Offspring of Heterostyled Plants" and on "Cleistogamic Flowers" with great interest.

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