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heterochromous en · ADJ

Etymology

From hetero- + chromo- + -ous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different colour from those of the circumference.
  2. (not-comparable) Having each part colored by a color that is distinct from the colors of all other parts.
    • A triangle is heterochromous if and only if its three angles are heterochromous angles. 2010, Bin Xiong, Zhongyi Zheng, Graph Theory: In Mathematical Olympiad And Competitions, page 96:
  3. (not-comparable) Having heterochromia.
    • The parallel account suggests that several prison physicians were occupied with the autopsies of (twin) children with heterochromous eyes from the “Gypsy family camp” at Auschwitz-Birkenau – and there are additional indications that point in this direction. 2008, Hans-Walter Schmuhl, The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics, 1927-1945, page 384: