Definitions for polymorphous

Overview of adj polymorphous

The adj polymorphous has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. polymorphous, polymorphic

(relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; "polymorphous crystallization")

2. polymorphic, polymorphous

(relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species")

3. polymorphic, polymorphous

(having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god")