heterophyllousadj.
/hɛtərə(ʊ)ˈfɪləs//hɛtəˈrɒfɪləs/ 1. Botany. Bearing leaves of different forms upon the same plant.
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heterophyllous1828
anisophyllous1880
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Jrnl. Sci.).
1871–2 H. Macmillan True Vine iii. 110 Examples of heterophyllous and dimorphic plants, in which there is a very considerable difference in form in the same organs, not only at different times, but even simultaneously.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 467 The leaves of the heterophyllous species which have them arranged in four rows, possess stomata on their inner surface.
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2. Zoology. Belonging to the group Heterophylli of cephalopods.
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