Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by hercogamy, as a flower.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Not capable of
self-fertilization ; said ofhermaphrodite flowers in which somestructural obstacle preventsautogamy .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek a fence + marriage.
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