heterogamous
English
Etymology
From hetero- + -gamous.
Adjective
heterogamous (comparative more heterogamous, superlative most heterogamous)
- (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)
- (biology) characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature
- (biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process
Synonyms
- heterogene
Related terms
- heterogamy