heterocephalous
English
editEtymology
editFrom hetero- + -cephalous.
Adjective
editheterocephalous (not comparable)
- (botany) Bearing two kinds of head or capitula; said of certain composite plants.
- Having the governing body appointed by an outside authority; government through heterocephaly.
- 2009, Max Weber, The Theory Of Social And Economic Organization:
- It is possible for a heterocephalous group to be autonomous and an autocephalous group to be heteronomous