polymorphous (adj.)

  1. relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; polymorphous crystallization

    [ Syn: polymorphic ]

  2. relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; a polymorphic species

    [ Syn: polymorphic ]

  3. having or occurring in several distinct forms; man is both polymorphic and polytypic; a polymorphous god

    [ Syn: polymorphic ]

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