0%

heteroecious

het·er·oe·cism
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [het-uh-ree-siz-uh m]
    • /ˌhɛt əˈri sɪz əm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [het-uh-ree-siz-uh m]
    • /ˌhɛt əˈri sɪz əm/

Definitions of heteroecious word

  • noun heteroecious the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants. 1
  • noun heteroecious (biology) Of dependent organisms, spending portions of the life cycle on different types of hosts. 1
  • adjective heteroecious (of parasites, esp rust fungi) undergoing different stages of the life cycle on different host species 0
  • adjective heteroecious living as a parasite on first one species of host and then another 0
See all 4 definitions of heteroecious

Information block about the term

Origin of heteroecious

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
1870-75; hetero- + Greek oik(ía) “house” + -ism

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Heteroecious

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Heteroecious

heteroecious popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 55% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

heteroecious usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Antonyms for heteroecious

adjective heteroecious

  • abduction — the act of taking someone away by force or cunning; kidnapping
Just one Antonym for heteroecious

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?