| ALLOGAMY | • allogamy n. (Biology) The fertilization of an ovum from one individual with the spermatozoa of another; cross-fertilization. • ALLOGAMY n. cross-fertilization. |
| APOGAMIC | • apogamic adj. (Botany) Of or relating to apogamy. • APOGAMIC adj. relating to apogamy, interbreeding in a separated group which has no characteristic differentiating it from parents. |
| 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. |
| EXOGAMIC | • exogamic adj. Of or pertaining to exogamy. • EXOGAMIC adj. relating to exogamy, also EXOGAMOUS. |
| 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. |
| ISOGAMIC | • isogamic adj. Relating to isogamy. • ISOGAMIC adj. relating to isogamy, the conjugation of two gametes of equal size and form, also ISOGAMETIC, ISOGAMOUS. |
| 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. |
| OOGAMETE | • oogamete n. The female gamete; the egg cell or oosphere. • OOGAMETE n. a female gamete of certain protozoa. |
| OOGAMIES | • OOGAMY n. the state of having dissimilar gametes. |
| OOGAMOUS | • oogamous adj. Of or relating to oogamy. • OOGAMOUS adj. having structurally dissimilar gametes. |
| PHENOGAM | • phenogam n. (Botany, now rare) Phanerogam; spermatophyte. • PHENOGAM n. (Greek) any plant of the class Phaenogamia, flowering plants, also PHAENOGAM. |
| 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. |
| 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. |