| AGAMOGONIES | • agamogonies n. Plural of agamogony. • AGAMOGONY n. asexual reproduction in protozoans characterised by multiple fission. |
| AGAMOSPERMY | • agamospermy n. (Botany) The asexual production of embryos and seeds. • AGAMOSPERMY n. the formation of seeds without fertilisation. |
| ANISOGAMOUS | • anisogamous adj. Being married to someone whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one’s own. • anisogamous adj. Having a sexual partner whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one’s own. • ANISOGAMOUS adj. relating to anisogamy, union between markedly different gametes e.g. as egg and sperm, as in humans. |
| APOGAMOUSLY | • APOGAMOUS adv. engaging in apogamy, asexual reproduction. |
| DICHOGAMOUS | • dichogamous adj. (Botany) Exhibiting dichogamy. • DICHOGAMOUS adj. having males and females maturing at different rates. |
| GAMOGENESES | • GAMOGENESIS n. sexual reproduction. |
| GAMOGENESIS | • gamogenesis n. Sexual reproduction. • GAMOGENESIS n. sexual reproduction. |
| GAMOGENETIC | • gamogenetic adj. (Biology) Relating to gamogenesis. • GAMOGENETIC adj. relating to gamogenesis, sexual reproduction, also GAMOGENETICAL. |
| GAMOTROPISM | • GAMOTROPISM n. the tendency of gametes to attract each other. |
| HERCOGAMOUS | • hercogamous adj. (Botany) Not capable of self-fertilization; said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle… • HERCOGAMOUS adj. related to hercogamy, the prevention of self-pollination in plants. |
| HYPERGAMOUS | • hypergamous adj. Of or pertaining to hypergamy. • HYPERGAMOUS adj. relating to hypergamy, the marriage of a man to a woman of lower status. |
| WHIGGAMORES | • Whiggamores n. Plural of Whiggamore. • WHIGGAMORE n. (Scots) a Whig; a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians. |