heteroplastic

  1. Adjective.  (pathology) Of, or relating to heteroplasm.
  2. Adjective.  (surgery) Of a graft between individuals of different species.
  3. Adjective.  (botany) Of cells possessing plastids from two or more parent cells or organisms.

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