trimorphism

(trī môrfiz′əm)

noun

  1. Crystallography the property of crystallizing in three distinct forms
  2. Bot. the existence of three distinct forms of flowers, leaves, or other organs on the same plant or on different plants of the same species
  3. Zool. the existence of three distinct forms of organs in the same species

Origin: < Gr trimorphos, of three forms < tri-, three + morphē, form + -ism

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