Geitonogamous

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to or exhibiting geitonogamy not-comparable

    "Recent investigations in the Australian sexually deceptive orchid genus Chiloglottis suggest that high levels of outcrossing may help to circumvent the costs, i.e. reduced seed germination and growth, of geitonogamous pollination [81 ]."

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"Recent investigations in the Australian sexually deceptive orchid genus Chiloglottis suggest that high levels of outcrossing may help to circumvent the costs, i.e. reduced seed germination and growth, of geitonogamous pollination [81 ]."

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