Interesting Cactus Mutants
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Source: Websters New World Dictionary, College edition
mutant (mu'tant), adj. [< L. mutans, ppr. of mutare, to mutate], undergoing mutation, or changing. n. an animal or plant with inheritable characteristics that are different from those of their parents; sport.
mutation (mu-ta'shen), n., [ME. mutacious; L. mutatio < mutare, to change],
1. a changing or being changed.
2. a change, as in form, nature, qualities, etc.
3. in biology,
_a) a sudden variation in some inheritable characteristic of a individual animal or plant, as distinguished from a variation resulting from generations of gradual change.
_b) an individual resulting from such variation; mutant.
4. in linguistics, umlaut.
Source: WordNet (r) 1.7
Mutate v
1: cause to undergo mutation; of cells
2: undergo mutation; "cells mutate"
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