What is the meaning of polymorphous?

adjective

  • Relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms.
    • usage: "polymorphous crystallization"
  • Relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population.
    • usage: "a polymorphic species"
  • Having or occurring in several distinct forms.
    • usage: "man is both polymorphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god"
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