heterogamous
Meanings
adj
- in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers
- in the daisy family Asteraceae, having two types of flowers in a flower head (such as some sterile, some hermaphrodite, or some female, some hermaphrodite)
- characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature
- involving heterogametes in the reproductive process
Word forms
Etymology
From hetero- + -gamous.
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