Definition of Porogamy

1. the entry of the pollen-tube through the micropyle [n POROGAMIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porogamy

porocytoses
porocytosis
porodinous
poroelastic
poroelasticity
porogamy (current term)
porogenic
poromechanical
poromechanics
poromeric
poromerics
poroporo
pororoca
pororocas
porose
poroses
porosimeter
porosimetry
porosis
porosities

Literary usage of Porogamy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"porogamy is the general type of fecundation in the Angiosperme, and is of special interest, as regards the Monocotyledons, which doubtless had a separate ..."

2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"... of the ovary (unknown); (3) the ovule clothes itself with an integument, as in Juglans and Myrica, porogamy; (4) central placenta with two naked ovules, ..."

3. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"This most usual course of the pollen-tube is termed porogamy, but many cases of ... as this mode of fertilisation is termed in contrast to porogamy, ..."

4. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1901)
"... and porogamy has been described. According to Dr. Longo the pollen tube in Cucurbita traverses the tissues of the funiculus and outer integument before ..."

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