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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, fertilization by the passage of the pollen-tube through the micropyle: the most common method with flowering plants. In a limited number of plants the pollen-tube enters through the chalazal region (chalazogamy), when the fertilization is said to be basigamous, or rarely through the apex, when the fertilization is termed acrogamous.

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