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Meaning of HETEROGAMOUS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Het`er*og"a*mous\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ga`mos
marriage: cf. F. h['e]t['e]rogame.] (Bot. & Biol.)
   (a) The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers
       which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in
       the aster.
   (b) Characterized by heterogamy.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Producing flowers of two or more kinds with respect to their fertile organs, e.g. male and female or bisexual and female. Compare homogamous.
 

 

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