Het′er‐œ″cious (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. � house.] (Bot.) Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus (Puccinia graminis), and certain other parasitic fungi; — contrasted with autœcious. — Het′er‐œ″cism (#), n.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.