What is the meaning of Dimorphism?

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  • (n.) Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.
  • (n.) Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry) or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly.
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