homœomerous, a.
(hɒmiːˈɒmərəs)
[f. Gr. ὅµοιος like + µέρος part + -ous.]
Having or consisting of similar parts.
1. Bot. Applied to lichens in which the gonidia and hyphæ are distributed uniformly through the thallus: opp. to heteromerous.
| 1875 Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 265. 1882 Vines Sachs' Bot. 320 The disposition of the gonidia and hyphæ in a thallus may be such that these two structures appear about equally mingled..and the thallus is in this case called homoiomerous. |
2. = homœomeric a.
| 1892 Athenæum 30 July 154/2 In the chapter on Anaxagoras Mr. Burnet..understands the ‘everything in everything’ to refer to the opposite qualities hot and cold, and so forth, not to the ‘homœomerous’ seeds of things. |