dichogamous

American  

[dahy-kog-uh-muhs] / daɪˈkɒg ə məs /

Also dichogamic

adjective

Botany.

1. having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).

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dichogamous Scientific  

/ dī-kŏg′ə-məs /

1. Having pistils and stamens that mature at different times, thus promoting cross-pollination rather than self-pollination.

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Other Word Forms

• nondichogamic
  adjective
• nondichogamous
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of dichogamous

First recorded in 1855–60; dicho- + -gamous

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dichogamous

In Gesneria the several parts of the flower are arranged on nearly the same plan as in Digitalis, and most or all of the species are dichogamous.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin

In the 6th edition, page 79, Darwin adds, "but if most of the Australian trees are dichogamous, the same result would follow as if they bore flowers with separated sexes."

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin

But I have been assured that the flowers of the prevailing Australian trees, namely, the Myrtaceae, swarm with insects, and if they are dichogamous they would be practically diclinous.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin

We shall clearly understand why monoecious and dioecious,—why dichogamous, dimorphic and trimorphic plants exist, and many other such cases.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin

Plants in which proterandry or proterogyny occurs are called dichogamous.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

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