- the occurrence of two forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species.
- the occurrence of two different forms of flowers, leaves, etc., on the same plant or on different plants of the same species.
- the property of some substances of crystallizing in two chemically identical but crystallographically distinct forms.
- the occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part, such as the leaves of some aquatic plants
- the occurrence in an animal or plant species of two distinct types of individual
- a property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms
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