trimorphism
noun
the occurrence of three forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species.
trimorphous
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a word derived from
trimorphism.
Example Sentences
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Several species produce small peculiar flowers, precociously fertilized in the bud and particularly fruitful; and the ordinary flowers are often dimorphous or even trimorphous in the relative length of the stamens and styles.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
If it crystallizes in three systems, it is trimorphous.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
Capsule globose, 3–5-celled, loculicidal.—Perennial herbs or slightly shrubby plants, with opposite or whorled leaves, and axillary clusters of trimorphous flowers.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Style 1; stigma capitate, or rarely 2-lobed.—Flowers axillary or whorled, rarely irregular, perfect, sometimes dimorphous or even trimorphous, those on different plants with filaments and style reciprocally longer and shorter.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Such a condition is called dimorphism; those minerals which crystallise in three systems are said to be trimorphous.
From The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by John Mastin
