dimorphism

dimorphism is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.
3. noun. (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)
4. noun. (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms

Common word forms

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