autogamy

American  

[aw-tog-uh-mee] / ɔˈtɒg ə mi /

noun

1. Botany.  pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization (allogamy ).

2. Biology.  conjugation in an individual organism by division of its nucleus into two parts that in turn reunite to form a zygote.

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autogamy British  

/ ˌɔːtəˈɡæmɪk, ɔːˈtɒɡəmɪ /

noun

1. self-fertilization in flowering plants

2. a type of sexual reproduction, occurring in some protozoans, in which the uniting gametes are derived from the same cell

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autogamy Scientific  

/ ô-tŏg′ə-mē /

1. See self-fertilization

2. The union of nuclei within and arising from a single cell, as in certain protozoans and fungi.

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Other Word Forms

• autogamic adjective
• autogamous adjective

Etymology

Origin of autogamy

First recorded in 1875–80; auto- ¹ + -gamy

Example Sentences

It appears that this plant has lost the capacity for autogamy; at any rate, if a stigma be pollinated with pollen from the same flower on plants in a garden, no result follows.

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The opposite of allogamy is autogamy, or self-pollination.

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Antonyms: self-indulgence, sensuality, voluptuousness. self-denying, a. self-sacrificing, unselfish, ascetic, abstemious. self-evident, a. axiomatic, obvious. self-examination, n. introspection; autoscopy. self-explanatory, a. obvious. self-fear, n. self-distrust, autophoby. self-fertilization, n. autogamy. self-government, n. self-control; democracy; autonomy.

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