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Meaning of "heterostyly" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HETEROSTYLY

From Greek, from heteros different + stylos pillar.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROSTYLY

heterostyly  [ˈhɛtərəˌstaɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROSTYLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heterostyly is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HETEROSTYLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

heterostyly

Heterostyly

Heterostyly is a unique form of polymorphism and herkogamy in flowers. In a heterostylous species, two or three morphological types of flowers, termed morphs, exist in the population. On each individual plant, all flowers share the same morph. The flower morphs differ in the lengths of the pistil and stamens, and these traits are not continuous. The morph phenotype is genetically linked to genes responsible for a unique system of self-incompatibility, termed heteromorphic self-incompatibility, that is, the pollen from a flower on one morph cannot fertilize another flower of the same morph. Heterostylous plants having two flower morphs are termed distylous. In one morph the stamens are short and the pistils are long; in the second morph the stamens are long and the pistils are short; the length of the pistil in one morph equals the length of the stamens in the second morph, and vice versa. Examples of distylous plants are the primrose and many other Primula species, flax and other Linum species, some Lythrum species, and many species of Cryptantha.

Definition of heterostyly in the English dictionary

The definition of heterostyly in the dictionary is the condition in certain plants, such as primroses, of having styles of different lengths, each type of style in flowers on different plants, which promotes cross-pollination.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROSTYLY


docilely
ˈdəʊsaɪlɪ
drily
ˈdraɪlɪ
dryly
ˈdraɪlɪ
ductilely
ˈdʌktaɪlɪ
enantiostyly
enˌæntɪəʊˈstaɪlɪ
highly
ˈhaɪlɪ
homostyly
ˈhɒməʊˌstaɪlɪ
kiley
ˈkaɪlɪ
kylie
ˈkaɪlɪ
phyle
ˈfaɪlɪ
pily
ˈpaɪlɪ
Riley
ˈraɪlɪ
sedile
sɛˈdaɪlɪ
shyly
ˈʃaɪlɪ
slily
ˈslaɪlɪ
slyly
ˈslaɪlɪ
smiley
ˈsmaɪlɪ
stylie
ˈstaɪlɪ
wily
ˈwaɪlɪ
wryly
ˈraɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROSTYLY

heteroscedasticity
heteroscian
heterosexism
heterosexist
heterosexual
heterosexuality
heterosexually
heterosis
heterosocial
heterosociality
heterosomatous
heterospecific
heterosporous
heterospory
heterostrophic
heterostrophy
heterostyled
heterostylism
heterostylous
heterotactic

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROSTYLY

brachydactyly
coyly
doyly
feyly
gayly
grayly
greyly
homophyly
hyperdactyly
Lyly
macrodactyly
monophyly
pentadactyly
polydactyly
spryly
syndactyly
tetradactyly

Synonyms and antonyms of heterostyly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heterostyly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HETEROSTYLY

Find out the translation of heterostyly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heterostyly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heterostyly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

heterostyly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heterostilia
570 millions of speakers

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heterostyly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

heterostyly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

heterostyly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

heterostyly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heterostilia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসমগর্ভদণ্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hétérostylie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heterostyly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heterostylie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

heterostyly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

heterostyly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heterostyly
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

heterostyly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இதரதம்பத்தன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेटरोस्टीली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heterostyly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eterostilia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heterostyly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

heterostyly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heterostyly
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

heterostyly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heterostyly
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

heterostyly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heterostyly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heterostyly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROSTYLY»

The term «heterostyly» is used very little and occupies the 185.961 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROSTYLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heterostyly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROSTYLY»

Discover the use of heterostyly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterostyly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Evolution and Function of Heterostyly
The present book is the first modern and comprehensive accont of the subject. In 10 chapters it is concerned with the evolution, genetics, development, morphology, and adaptive significance of heterostyly.
Spencer Barrett, 2012
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Self-Incompatibility in Flowering Plants: Evolution, ...
Studies of heterostyly have largely concentrated on a few well-characterizedtaxa (e.g.Primula, Linum, Lythrum)originallystudied byDarwin(1877).Of these, Primula has attracted most attention and is often represented in the literature as the ...
Vernonica E. Franklin-Tong, 2008
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Genetic control of self-incompatibility and reproductive ...
Evolution and Function of Heterostyly, pp, 41-84. Springer- Verlag, Berlin. Eckenwalder, J.E. and Barrett, S.C.H. (1986) Phylogenetic systematics of the Pontederiaceae. Syst. Bot. 11: 373-391. Eckert, C.G. and Barrett, S.C.H. (1994). Tristyly ...
Elizabeth G. Williams, A.E. Clarke, R.B. Knox, 1994
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Heterostyly
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Heterostyly is a unique form of polymorphism and herkogamy in flowers. In a heterostylous species, two or three different morphological types of flowers, termed morphs, exist in the population.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Floral Biology: Studies on Floral Evolution in ...
Experimental studies on the functional significance of heterostyly. Evolution, 46: 43—55. Kohn, J.R. and S.C.H. Barrett. 1994. Pollen discounting and the spread of a selfing variant in tristylous Eichhornia paniculata: Evidence from experimental ...
David G. Lloyd, Spencer C.H. Barrett, 1996
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Diversity and Evolutionary Biology of Tropical Flowers
Also expenditure on floral rewards may be lower. On the other hand, most kinds of herkogamy operate less precisely than dichogamy. 6.4 Heterostyly The morphological phenomenon of heterostyly, the reciprocal placement of anthers and ...
‎1996
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The Biology of Rarity: Causes and Consequences of ...
Therefore, heterostyly should make it especially difficult for outcrossing plants to set seed when they grow under low population densities. The prediction that deviations from heterostyly are more likely in rare than in common species can be ...
William E. Kunin, Kevin Gaston, 1997
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Heterostyly
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Heterostyly is a unique form of polymorphism and herkogamy in flowers.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and ...
In six sections of Li- mionium, in Armeria and in (Mediterranean-north African) Limoniastrum this is followed by stigma dimorphism to which, finally, heterostyly was added in Limonium sect. Limonium. Heterostyly also is found in subfam.
Klaus Kubitzki, Jens G. Rohwer, Volker Bittrich, 1993
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Gender and Sexual Dimorphism in Flowering Plants
3.2.6 From Heterostyly to Dioecy Darwin (1877) provided several examples of apparently heterostylous taxa that are functionally dioecious and concluded that dioecy had evolved from heterostyly in a number of cases. He also noted that ...
Monica A. Geber, Todd E. Dawson, Lynda F. Delph, 1999

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETEROSTYLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heterostyly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Crop origins, cytogenetics and plant evolution
Charles Heiser is cited as reporting heterostyly in capsicum peppers. More accurately, he just explains that among the generally self compatible capsicums, ... «Am J Botany, Jan 05»

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