Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Characterized by allogamy.
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- adjective botany Characterized by
allogamy .
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- adjective relating to cross-fertilization in plants
Etymologies
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allo- + -gamous
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Examples
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Rye, as an allogamous plant, takes pride in its role as the preserver of a significant degree of genetic variability, even as it sees its cultivation area further diminished every year.
Chapter 12 1989
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n. - cross-fertilization. allogamous, adj. adj. - different in kind. allegeneity, n.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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