| n. | 1. | (Min.) Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; - |
| Noun | 1. | allomorph - any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite" |
| 2. | allomorph - a variant phonological representation of a morpheme; "the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme" |
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