polymorphic

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

- polymorphous crystallization

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

- a polymorphic species

Similar word(s): polymorphous

3. having or occurring in several distinct forms

- man is both polymorphic and polytypic

- a polymorphous god

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