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heterogamous

heterogamous adjective: in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers.

Adjective

heterogamous (not comparable)

  1. in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers
    1. 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)
  2. characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature
  3. involving heterogametes in the reproductive process

heterogamous meaning in Tamil

heterogamous in Tamil

பல்லினப்புணரியுள்ள, இதரபுணரித்தன்மையுள்ள, ஒவ்வாப பாலணு முறை

Synonyms of heterogamous

Origin of heterogamous

From hetero- + -gamous.

Questions about heterogamous

What does heterogamous mean?
Heterogamous means in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers.
What is heterogamous in Tamil?
Heterogamous in Tamil is பல்லினப்புணரியுள்ள, இதரபுணரித்தன்மையுள்ள, ஒவ்வாப பாலணு முறை. See Heterogamous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heterogamous?
Heterogamous is an adjective.

Words near heterogamous in the dictionary

  1. heterogameties
  2. heterogametism
  3. heterogamety
  4. heterogamic
  5. heterogamies
  6. heterogamous
  7. heterogamy
  8. heterogangliate
  9. heterogender
  10. heterogenderal
  11. heterogene

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heterogamous (page history and authors); heterogamous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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