allotropous

  1. Adjective.  (botany) Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar.
  2. Adjective.  (biology) Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species of plant, or an insect which does not feed exclusively on one type of flower.

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