- a variation of dimorphous.
- a word derived from dimorphism.
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Dimorphic fungi can change from the unicellular to multicellular state depending on environmental conditions.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
"On the Character and Hybrid-like Nature of the Offspring from the Illegitimate Unions of Dimorphic and Trimorphic Plants."
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
My observations 'On the Character and hybrid-like nature of the offspring from the illegitimate union of Dimorphic and Trimorphic Plants' were published in the 'Journal of the Linnean Soc.' volume 10 page 393.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
The papers which on this subject preceded and contributed to 'Forms of Flowers' were the following:— "On the two Forms or Dimorphic Condition in the Species of Primula, and on their remarkable Sexual Relations."
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
Dear Darwin,—I ought to have written before to thank you for the copies of your paper on "Primula" and on "Cross Unions of Dimorphic Plants, etc."
From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by Marchant, James