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autogamous

autogamous adjective: self-fertilizing.

Adjective

autogamous (not comparable)

  1. self-fertilizing
    • autogamous fertilization
    • autogamous species

Origin of autogamous

From auto- + -gamous.

Words formed from autogamous

Questions about autogamous

What does autogamous mean?
Autogamous means self-fertilizing.
What part of speech is autogamous?
Autogamous is an adjective.

Words near autogamous in the dictionary

  1. autofusions
  2. autogain
  3. autogamic
  4. autogamically
  5. autogamies
  6. autogamous
  7. autogamously
  8. autogamy
  9. autoganzfeld
  10. autogas
  11. autogases

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