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allogamous

allogamous adjective: characterized by allogamy.

Adjective

allogamous (not comparable)

  1. Characterized by allogamy.
    • an allogamous fertilisation
    • an allogamous population
    Synonyms:
    allogamic

Synonyms of allogamous

Origin of allogamous

From allo- + -gamous.

Questions about allogamous

What does allogamous mean?
Allogamous means characterized by allogamy.
What part of speech is allogamous?
Allogamous is an adjective.

Words near allogamous in the dictionary

  1. alloform
  2. alloformation
  3. alloformations
  4. alloforms
  5. allogamic
  6. allogamous
  7. allogamously
  8. allogamy
  9. allogene
  10. allogeneic
  11. allogeneically

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