heterochromous

English

Etymology

hetero- +‎ chromo- +‎ -ous

Adjective

heterochromous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different colour from those of the circumference.
  2. Having each part colored by a color that is distinct from the colors of all other parts.
    • 2010, Bin Xiong, Zhongyi Zheng, Graph Theory: In Mathematical Olympiad And Competitions, page 96:
      A triangle is heterochromous if and only if its three angles are heterochromous angles.
  3. Having heterochromia.
    • 2008, Hans-Walter Schmuhl, The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics, 1927-1945, page 384:
      The parallel account suggests that several prison physicians were occupied with the autopsies of (twin) children with heterochromous eyes from the “Gypsy family camp” at Auschwitz-Birkenau – and there are additional indications that point in this direction.
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