geitonogamy

[ gahyt-n-og-uh-mee ]

noun

, Botany.

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

geitonogamy

/ ˌɡaɪtəˈnɒɡəmɪ /

noun

1. botany the transfer of pollen to a stigma of a different flower on the same plant

Other Words From

• geito·noga·mous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of geitonogamy¹

1875–80; < Greek geitono- (stem of geítōn ) neighbor + -gamy

Word History and Origins

Origin of geitonogamy¹

C19: from Greek geitōn neighbour + -gamy

Example Sentences

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.

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We may describe the objections which are based on the widespread occurrence of self-fertilisation and geitonogamy as of little importance.

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But such a proof has not been supplied; the inference drawn from cleistogamous and cleistopetalous plants is not supported by evidence, and the experiments on geitonogamy and on the advantage of cross-fertilisation in species which are usually self-fertilised are opposed to this view.

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Has this method, which is spoken of as Geitonogamy, the same influence as crossing with pollen from another plant?

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