Homogonous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having all the flowers alike in terms of the stamens and pistils. not-comparable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Existing on a continuum; able to be transformed one into another by means of continuous change. not-comparable

    "Time and an instant, space and a point, boundary and the bounded, are not homogeneous, but nevertheless cognate or "homogonous"."

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"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."

Etymology

Ancient Greek

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