HETEROGONOUS
Het`er*og"o*nous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Characterized by heterogony.
— Het`er*og"o*nous*ly, adv.
HETEROGONY
Het`er*og"o*ny, n. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils.
HETEROGRAPHIC
Het`er*o*graph"ic, a. Etym: [See Heterography.]
Defn: Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; — said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography is heterographic.
HETEROGRAPHY
Het`er*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Hetero- + -graphy.]
Defn: That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger.
HETEROGYNOUS
Het`er*og"y*nous, a. Etym: [Hetero- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; — as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the females wingless.