| ALLOGAMY | • allogamy n. (Biology) The fertilization of an ovum from one individual with the spermatozoa of another; cross-fertilization. • ALLOGAMY n. cross-fertilization. |
| AUTOGAMY | • autogamy n. Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon. • autogamy n. Sologamy, marriage to oneself. • AUTOGAMY n. self-fertilization. |
| ENDOGAMY | • endogamy n. The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one’s own ethnic, religious, or social group. • endogamy n. (Biology) The fusion of two related gametes. • ENDOGAMY n. the practice of marriage within a specific social group. |
| HOLOGAMY | • hologamy n. (Biology) A form of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are approximately the same shape and size… • HOLOGAMY n. the state of having gametes like other cells. |
| HOMOGAMY | • homogamy n. (Botany) Fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant. • homogamy n. (Biology) Breeding between similar individuals. • homogamy n. (Sociology) Marriage or other union between similar people, or people of the same sex. |
| MISOGAMY | • misogamy n. Hatred of or opposition to marriage. • MISOGAMY n. a hatred of marriage. |
| MONOGAMY | • monogamy n. A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings. • monogamy n. The practice of being married to one person as opposed to multiple. • MONOGAMY n. marriage with one person at a time. |
| POLYGAMY | • polygamy n. The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time. • polygamy n. (Often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the… • polygamy n. (Zoology) The state or habit of having more than one sexual mate. |
| POROGAMY | • porogamy n. (Botany) The property of having the pollen tube in a seed plant enter the ovule by way of the micropyle. • POROGAMY n. the entry of the pollen-tube through the micropyle. |
| THINGAMY | • thingamy n. Alternative form of thingummy. • THINGAMY n. a term used for an object or person used when the correct name cannot come to mind. |
| XENOGAMY | • xenogamy n. (Botany) The transfer of pollen from the anthers of one plant to the stigma of another; cross-pollination. • xenogamy n. Cross-cultural marriage. • XENOGAMY n. cross-fertilization. |