adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers not-comparable
2. 2
   in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers; 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) not-comparable
3. 3
   characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature not-comparable
4. 4
   involving heterogametes in the reproductive process not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

heterogeneheterogene

Etymology

From hetero- + -gamous.

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