Plesimorphism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plesimorphism \Ple`si*mor"phism\, n. [Gr. ? near + morfh` form.]
     (Crystallog.)
     The property possessed by some substances of crystallizing in
     closely similar forms while unlike in chemical composition.
     [1913 Webster]