HETEROGENESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterogenesis mean? 

• HETEROGENESIS (noun)
  The noun HETEROGENESIS has 1 sense:

1. the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal

  Familiarity information: HETEROGENESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETEROGENESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

alternation of generations; heterogenesis; xenogenesis

Hypernyms ("heterogenesis" is a kind of...):

organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heterogenesis"):

digenesis; metagenesis (alternation of sexual and asexual generations)