PLEOMORPHISM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms
   Hypernyms(s) pleomorphism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organic phenomenon (what does organic phenomenon mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound
   Synonym(s)
   • polymorphism (what does polymorphism mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) pleomorphism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • chemical phenomenon (what does chemical phenomenon mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dimorphism (what does dimorphism mean?)