xenogamy

[ zuh-nog-uh-mee ]

noun

, Botany.

1. pollination of the stigma of a flower by pollen from a flower on another plant.

xenogamy

/ zɛˈnɒɡəmɪ /

noun

1. botany another name for cross-fertilization

Derived Forms

• xeˈnogamous, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of xenogamy¹

First recorded in 1875–80; xeno- + -gamy

Example Sentences

In “Time Travel With Madame Xenogamy” last spring, she led visitors through the rooms of her home, projecting footage from her vast video archive of New York’s 1980s downtown dance scene.

From New York Times

I wish that I had used some such terms as autogamy, xenogamy, etc...I entirely agree with you on the a priori probability of geitonogamy being more advantageous than autogamy; and I cannot remember having ever expressed a belief that autogamy, as a general rule, was better than geitonogamy; but the cases recorded by me seem too strong not to make me suspect that there was some unknown advantage in autogamy.

From Project Gutenberg

The terms xenogamy, geitonogamy, and autogamy were first suggested by Kerner in 1876; their definition will be found at page 9 of Ogle's translation of Kerner's "Flowers and their Unbidden Guests," 1878.

From Project Gutenberg