homogamy

American  

[hoh-mog-uh-mee] / hoʊˈmɒg ə mi /

noun

1. the state of being homogamous.

2. interbreeding of individuals with like characteristics.

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homogamy British  

/ hɒˈmɒɡəmɪ /

noun

1. a condition in which all the flowers of an inflorescence are either of the same sex or hermaphrodite Compare heterogamy

2. the maturation of the anthers and stigmas of a flower at the same time, ensuring self-pollination Compare dichogamy

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Other Word Forms

• homogamous adjective

Etymology

Origin of homogamy

First recorded in 1870–75; homo- + -gamy

Example Sentences

We wanna go down to the llano to see if they practice homogamy, but dunno how to get there.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021

Williams had never heard of educational homogamy when I asked her about it, and she wasn't sure that was the whole story.

From Time • Dec. 24, 2010

What we have playing out here in all its gory glory is educational homogamy.

From Time • Dec. 24, 2010

He does so by tacitly invoking the aid of some other form of homogamy in every case.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John

But of course this does not hinder that under apogamy various other causes of homogamy are likely to arise—in particular natural selection.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John