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heterogamous

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[het-uh-rog-uh-muhs] / ˌhɛt əˈrɒg ə məs /

adjective

  1. Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).

  2. Botany. having flowers or florets of two sexually different kinds (opposed to homogamous).

Etymology

Origin of heterogamous

First recorded in 1830–40; hetero- + -gamous

Example Sentences

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In this case, the problem is that Dean and Cindy are heterogamous.

From Time • Dec. 24, 2010

When the head contains two sorts of flowers it is said to be heterogamous; when only one sort, homogamous.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

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