heterogamous

[ het-uh-rog-uh-muhs ]

adjective

1. Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes ( isogamous ).
2. Botany. having flowers or florets of two sexually different kinds ( homogamous ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of heterogamous¹

First recorded in 1830–40; hetero- + -gamous

Example Sentences

Heterogamous, bearing two or more sorts of flowers in one cluster.

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