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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Bearing two kinds of head or capitula; said of certain composite plants. not-comparable
2. 2
   Having the governing body appointed by an outside authority; government through heterocephaly. not-comparable

   "It is possible for a heterocephalous group to be autonomous and an autocephalous group to be heteronomous"

Antonyms

All antonyms

autocephalous

Example

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"It is possible for a heterocephalous group to be autonomous and an autocephalous group to be heteronomous"

Etymology

From hetero- + -cephalous.

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