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hemigamous

hemigamous adjective: having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; said of grasses.

Adjective

hemigamous (not comparable)

  1. Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; said of grasses.

Origin of hemigamous

From hemi- + -gamous. Ancient Greek

Questions about hemigamous

What does hemigamous mean?
Hemigamous means having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; said of grasses.
What part of speech is hemigamous?
Hemigamous is an adjective.

Words near hemigamous in the dictionary

  1. hemifused
  2. hemifusion
  3. hemifusions
  4. hemigaleid
  5. hemigaleids
  6. hemigamous
  7. hemiganglia
  8. hemiganglion
  9. hemigenome
  10. hemigenomes
  11. hemigenomic

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