Word Meaning

Meaning of dimorphism

- 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.
- Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.

Crossword clue for dimorphism

- Existence in two distinct forms