Heterotaxy

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:08:46

Het"er*o*tax`y (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. an arrangement, fr. to arrange.] Biol.

Variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement.

 

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