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dimorphism - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'dimorphism' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dimorphism [ n.]
- Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly.
- Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.