hetero me rite

[Pref. hetero-, Gr. meros= a part, and suff. -ite ( Min.) (q. v.).] Min.: A variety of Vesuvianite, occurring in small green prisms in the Ural Mountains. heteromer-ous (1), adj . [Mod. Latin hetero merta); Eng. suff. -ous .] Entom.: Of or belonging to the Heteromera (q. v.). suff. -ism.] 1. Bot. A term used of different forms of plants which differ from each other only in the relative length of their stamens and pistils. Thus there are dimorphic and trimorphic forms of Primula. [DI MORPHISM.] 2. Crystal log .: Crystallization in different forms, though in the several cases there is an equal number of atoms similarly arranged. hět-er-o-morph-ite, s. [Pref. hetero-; Greek morphe form, and English, ., suff. -ite ( Min.) (q. v.).] Min.: The same as JAMESONITE (q. v.). hět-er-o-morpho us, a . [HETEROMORPHIC.] hět-er-o-morph-y, s. [HETEROMORPHISM.] hět-er-o-mỹs, s. [Pref. hetero- , and Greek mus =a mouse.] Zool .: A genus of rodents, proposed by Desmarest. It is of the family Saccomyina or Saccomyide. Only one species is known, Heteromys anomalus , the spiny-pouched rat of Trinidad. hět-er-o-në-měæ, hět-er-o-në-mě-ą, s . pl . [Pref. hetero- , and Gr. nema =that which is spun, yarn, thread. So named from their more complicated germination as compared with that of the thallogens.] Bot.: A name given by Fries to the higher cryptogamic plants, now cla ed as acrogens in distinction from thallogens. hět-er-o-në-mě-oŭs, a. [Mod. Latin hetero neme(a): Eng. suff.- ous.] Bot. Of or belonging to the Hete rone mese. Used by Bartling specially of mo es. hět-er-on-y-mous, a . [Greek heteros =other, different; onoma =a name, and Eng. adj. suff.- ous .] Having a different name.