Dichogamy

[dai'kɒgәmi]

Definition

(n.) The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves.

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Definition

n. an arrangement for preventing the self-fertilisation of hermaphrodite flowers the stamens and stigmas ripening at different times.—adj. Dichog′amous.

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