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homogonous

homogonous adjective: having all the flowers alike in terms of the stamens and pistils.

Adjective

homogonous (not comparable)

  1. Having all the flowers alike in terms of the stamens and pistils.
    • In Hottonia, a Primulaceous genus of two species, the European one has heterogonous dimorphism for cross-fertilization: the American one has homogonous showy flowers with only the general chance for intercrossing, and earlier flowers which are cleistogamous for self-fertilization.1907, Asa Gray, Gray's Botanical Text-book, page 235
  2. Existing on a continuum; able to be transformed one into another by means of continuous change.
    • Time and an instant, space and a point, boundary and the bounded, are not homogeneous, but nevertheless cognate or "homogonous".1982, Philip P. Wiener, Leibniz Selections, page 204
    • This concept of "change as homogonous variation” is arguably the most profound and most problematic for Plato.2011, Jiayan Zhang, One and Many, page 35

Origin of homogonous

Ancient Greek

Questions about homogonous

What does homogonous mean?
Homogonous means having all the flowers alike in terms of the stamens and pistils.
What part of speech is homogonous?
Homogonous is an adjective.

Words near homogonous in the dictionary

  1. homoglyphically
  2. homoglyphs
  3. homoglyphy
  4. Homogocene
  5. homogonic
  6. homogonous
  7. homogony
  8. homograft
  9. homografts
  10. homograph
  11. homographic

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