heterauxesis

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis). Compare auxesis.

Noun

heterauxesis (uncountable)

1. (botany) unequal growth of a cell, or of part of a plant.

Related terms

• heterauxetic

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “heterauxesis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)