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AUTOGAMOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does autogamous mean?
• AUTOGAMOUS (adjective)
The adjective AUTOGAMOUS has 1 sense:
1. characterized by or fit for autogamy
Familiarity information: AUTOGAMOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by or fit for autogamy
Synonyms:
autogamic; autogamous
Similar:
self-fertilised; self-fertilized; self-pollinated (fertilized by its own pollen)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Antonym:
endogamous (characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind)
exogamous (characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related)
Derivation:
autogamy (self-fertilization in plants)
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