The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heteroplastic
Heteroplastic \Het`er*o*plas"tic\, a. [Hetero- + -plastic.]
(Biol.)
Producing a different type of organism; developing into a
different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into
bone.
--Haeckel.
Wiktionary
heteroplastic
a. 1 (context pathology English) Of, or relating to heteroplasm 2 (context surgery English) Of a graft between individuals of different species 3 (context botany English) Of cells possessing plastids from two or more parent cells or organisms.