'Heteroplastic' definitions:

Definition of 'Heteroplastic'

From: GCIDE
  • Heteroplastic \Het`er*o*plas"tic\, a. [Hetero- + -plastic.] (Biol.) Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone. --Haeckel. [1913 Webster]