trimorphism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The property of crystallizing in three distinct forms.
  2. The coexistence among individuals of the same species of three distinct forms, not generally connected by intermediate gradations.

Word forms

trimorphism trimorphisms

Etymology

From tri- + -morphism.

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