Definition of Heteragamous
Het`er*og"a*mous (?), a. [Hetero-
+ Gr. ga`mos marriage: cf. F.
hétérogame.] (Bot. & Biol.)
(a) The condition of having two or more kinds of
flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the
aster. (b) Characterized by
heterogamy.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers
- (biology) characterixed by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature
- (biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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