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English → English (gcide) Definition: Heteroecism Heteroecious \Het`er*[oe]"cious\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ? house.] (Bot.) Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus (Puccinia graminis), and certain other parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with aut[oe]cious. -- Het`er*[oe]"cism, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]