Homomallous
(Ho*mom"al*lous) a. [Homo- + Gr. a lock of wool.] (Bot.) Uniformly bending or curving
to one side; — said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.
Homomorphic
(Ho`mo*mor"phic Ho`mo*mor"phous) a. Characterized by homomorphism.
Homomorphism
(Ho`mo*mor"phism) n. [See Homomorphous.]
1. (Biol.) Same as Homomorphy.
2. (Bot.) The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; — opposed to heteromorphism,
dimorphism, and trimorphism.
3. (Zoöl.) The possession of but one kind of larvæ or young, as in most insects.
Homomorphy
(Ho"mo*mor`phy) n. [Homo- + Gr. form.] (Biol.) Similarity of form; resemblance in external
characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See
Homophyly, Promorphology.
Homonomous
(Ho*mon"o*mous) a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to homonomy.
Homonomy
(Ho*mon"o*my) n. [Homo- + Gr. law.] (Biol.) The homology of parts arranged on transverse
axes. Haeckel.
Homonym
(Hom"o*nym) n. [Cf. F. homonyme. See Homonymous.] A word having the same sound
as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. [Written also homonyme.]
Homonymous
(Ho*mon"y*mous) a. [L. homonymus, Gr. the same + for name; akin to E. name.]
1. Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; — opposed to heteronymous.
2. Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.
Homonymously
(Ho*mon"y*mous*ly), adv.
1. In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.
2. Equivocally; ambiguously.
Homonymy
(Ho*mon"y*my) n. [Gr. : cf. F. homonymie.]
1. Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations. Holland.
Homonymy may be as well in place as in persons.
Fuller. 2. Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.
Homoörgan
(Ho`mo*ör"gan) [Homo- + organ.] Same as Homoplast.
Homoousian
(Ho`mo*ou"si*an) n. [Gr. the same + being, essence, substance.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of
those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same
essence or substance with the Father; — opposed to homoiousian.
Homoousian
(Ho`mo*ou"si*an), a. Of or pertaining to the Homoousians, or to the doctrines they held.
Homophone
(Hom"o*phone) n. [Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous.]
1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. Gliddon.
