homostyled

American  

[hoh-moh-stahyld] / ˈhoʊ moʊˌstaɪld /

Also homostylous

adjective

1. (of a plant) having styles of the same form or length in all flowers.

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Other Word Forms

• homostylism noun
• homostyly noun

Etymology

Origin of homostyled

First recorded in 1875–80; homo- + -style ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ³ ( def. )

Example Sentences

The proportions in which these four types appeared shows that the presence or absence of but two factors is concerned, and at the same time provides the key to the nature of the homostyled plants.

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Polygonum in possessing only a single heterostyled species is an extreme case; but every other genus of considerable size which includes some such species likewise contains homostyled species.

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H. Muller has suggested that ordinary or homostyled plants may have been rendered heterostyled merely through the effects of habit.

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Mr. Scott has suggested that the equal-styled varieties arise through reversion to the former homostyled condition of the genus.

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Nevertheless, some species are homostyled; that is, they exist only under a single form; but much caution is necessary on this head, as several species when cultivated are apt to become equal-styled.

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