homogamy

American  

[hoh-mog-uh-mee] / hoʊˈmɒg ə mi /

noun

1. the state of being homogamous.

2. interbreeding of individuals with like characteristics.

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homogamy British  

/ hɒˈmɒɡəmɪ /

noun

1. a condition in which all the flowers of an inflorescence are either of the same sex or hermaphrodite Compare heterogamy

2. the maturation of the anthers and stigmas of a flower at the same time, ensuring self-pollination Compare dichogamy

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• homogamous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of homogamy

First recorded in 1870–75; homo- + -gamy

Example Sentences

These I have called respectively Homogamy and Apogamy.

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

Or, reverting to the terminology of logic, it is a sub-species of the species Homogamy, which in its turn is but a constituent part of the genus Isolation.

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

For the sake, however, of securing more descriptive terms, I will coin the words Apogamy and Homogamy.

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

Now, in order to appreciate the unsurpassed importance of isolation as one of the three basal principles of organic evolution, let us begin by considering the discriminate species of it, or Homogamy.

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

In the former case there arises Homogamy, and in the latter case there arises Apogamy.

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