polymorphous

adjective

having or occurring in several distinct forms

relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population

relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms

Roots

polyspoly- · Greek · many morphemorph- · Greek · form, shape osus-ous · Latin · having, full of

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