metœcious, a. Bot.
(mɪˈtiːʃəs)
[f. Gr. µετα- (denoting change) + οἰκία house: see -ious.]
= heterœcious.
| 1882 Vines Sachs' Bot. 332 Such forms as these are said to be heterœcious (metœcious), to distinguish them from those above-mentioned which inhabit the same host throughout their whole life (autœcious). |
Hence metœcism (mɪˈtiːsɪz(ə)m) = heterœcism.
| 1887 Garnsey & Balfour De Bary's Fungi 388 Metoecism, that is, enforced change of the living host, is not known outside the group of the Uredineae. |