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Definition of Allogamy
1. Noun. Cross-fertilization in plants.
Derivative terms: Allogamous
Antonyms: Autogamy
Definition of Allogamy
1. n. Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.
Definition of Allogamy
1. Noun. (biology) The fertilization of an ovum from one individual with the spermatozoa of another; cross-fertilization ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allogamy
1. fertilization of a flower by pollen from another [n -MIES]
Medical Definition of Allogamy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Allogamy
Literary usage of Allogamy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"ADAPTATIONS FOR allogamy OR INTERCROSSING. >. The doctrine now maintained appears
to have been first propounded liy Sprengel in the statement that "Nature ..."
2. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"In addition to plants which show allogamy there are others which have arrangements
leading to autogamy, either when cross-pollination ..."
3. The Evolution Theory by August Weismann (1904)
"This is an important distinction, for the adaptation to allogamy is widely ...
The widespread occurrence of allogamy has been interpreted as evidence in ..."
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