"heterogamous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more heterogamous [comparative], most heterogamous [superlative]
Etymology: From hetero- + -gamous. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hetero-|-gamous}} hetero- + -gamous Head templates: {{en-adj}} heterogamous (comparative more heterogamous, superlative most heterogamous)
  1. (botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-heterogamous-en-adj-b8JhBQ-5 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers
    in the daisy family Asteraceae, having two types of flowers in a flower head (such as some sterile, some hermaphrodite, or some female, some hermaphrodite)
    Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-heterogamous-en-adj-ViFmxGTT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hetero-, English terms suffixed with -gamous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 43 16 17 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hetero-: 26 36 18 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gamous: 29 42 14 15 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (biology) characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-heterogamous-en-adj-407Lbxkt Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  4. (biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-heterogamous-en-adj-2SdFj8p0 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heterogene Related terms: heterogamy

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