homogamous

American  

[hoh-mog-uh-muhs] / hoʊˈmɒg ə məs /

adjective

1. Botany.

   1. having flowers or florets that do not differ sexually (heterogamous ).

   2. having the stamens and pistils maturing simultaneously (dichogamous ).

2. Biology. pertaining to the interbreeding of individuals with like characteristics.

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Etymology

Origin of homogamous

First recorded in 1835–45; homo- + -gamous

Example Sentences

Again, although we don’t have any real data to go on, this should hold true for homogamous atheist couples, too.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2011

That humans tend to be homogamous creatures—orienting romantically and sexually toward prospective partners who resemble us physically—is well-established in social psychology.

From Scientific American • May 31, 2011

For, as far as homogamous breeding is concerned, it can matter nothing whether the exclusion of the dissimilar individuals is effected by separation or by death.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John

Here it is enough to remark that it answers to the generic term Isolation, without reference to the kind of isolation as discriminate or indiscriminate, homogamous or apogamous.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John

Then, of course, opportunity will be furnished for divergent transformation in space—and this in as many different lines as there are now different homogamous groups.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John