different between allotropous vs allotropy

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allo- +? -tropous

allotropous (comparative more allotropous, superlative most allotropous)

(botany) Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar.
(biology) Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species of plant, or an insect which does not feed exclusively on one type of flower.

This term is not synonymous with the chemistry terms allotropic and allotropical.

allo- +? -tropy

allotropy (plural allotropies)

(chemistry) A property, exhibited by some elements of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures.

allotropic
allotropical
allotropism
allotropous (A term not used in chemistry but used with different meanings in entomology and botany.)

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