heteroplastic

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heteroplastic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heteroplastic \Het`er*o*plas"tic\, a. [Hetero- + -plastic.]
     (Biol.)
     Producing a different type of organism; developing into a
     different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into
     bone. --Haeckel.
     [1913 Webster]