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a. (Bot.) Characterized by allogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A nonmotile gamete, found in certain lower algæ. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Relating to apogamy.
Syn. -- apogamous, apogametic [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to apogamy.
Syn. -- apogamic, apogametic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. koino`s common + ga`mos marriage. ] The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chalaza + -gamy, as in polygamy. ] (Bot.) A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryosac through the tissue of the chalaza, instead of entering through the micropyle. It was originally discovered by Treub in Casuarina, and has since been found to occur regularly in the families Betulaceæ and Juglandaceæ. Partial chalazogamy is found in Ulmus, the tube here penetrating the nucleus midway between the chalaza and micropyle. -- Chal`a*zo*gam"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{ a. [ Gr. &unr_; closed (fr. &unr_; to shut) + ga`mos marriage. ] (Bot.) Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; koino`s common + &unr_; marraige. ] The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies. [ Written also cenogamy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cryptogame. See Cryptogamia. ] (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cryptogamiæ [ NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret + ga`mos marriage. ] (Bot.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The following arrangement recognizes four classes: -- I. Pteridophyta, or Vascular Acrogens. These include Ferns, Equiseta or Scouring rushes, Lycopodiaceæ or Club mosses, Selaginelleæ, and several other smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal plants called Lepidodendron, Sigillaria, and Calamites. II. Bryophita, or Cellular Acrogens. These include Musci, or Mosses, Hepaticæ, or Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly Characeæ, the Stoneworts. III. Algæ, which are divided into Florideæ, the Red Seaweeds, and the orders Dictyoteæ, Oosporeæ, Zoosporeæ, Conjugatæ, Diatomaceæ, and Cryptophyceæ. IV. Fungi. The molds, mildews, mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped into several subclasses and many orders. The Lichenes or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature, each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in cryptogamic botany. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Deuterogamy. ] One who marries the second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; second + &unr_; wedding, marriage. ] A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Manifesting dichogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; in two, asunder + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. fertilized by pollen from another flower of the same plant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of marriage within a class or tribe as required by custom or law; same as endogamous.
Syn. -- endogamous, within-group. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Endo- + Gr. &unr_; marriage. ] Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Exo- + Gr. &unr_; marriage. ] Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; neighbor + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a fence + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + Gr. ga`mos marriage: cf. F. hétérogame. ] (Bot. & Biol.) (a) The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster. (b) Characterized by heterogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Heterogamous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) That form of alternate generation in which two kinds of sexual generation, or a sexual and a parthenogenetic generation, alternate; -- in distinction from metagenesis, where sexual and asexual generations alternate. Claus & Sedgwick. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; married together; &unr_; the same + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The condition of being homogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. misei^n to hate + &unr_; marriage. ] A hater of marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. misogamie. ] Hatred of marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a mixing + &unr_; marriage. ] (Zool.) Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) One of the Monogamia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Monogamous. ] (Bot.) A Linnaean order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Monogamous. ] 1. Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices or upholds monogamy. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. monogamus having but one wife, Gr. &unr_;; mo`nos single + &unr_; marriage. ] 1. Upholding, or practicing, monogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Same as Monogamian. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Mating with but one of the opposite sex; -- said of birds and mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being monogamous; having one wife at a time.
Syn. -- monogamy, monogyny. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. monogamia, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. monogamie. ] 1. Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) State of being paired with a single mate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. neo`gamos newly married. ] A person recently married. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Octo- + Gr. &unr_; marriage. ] A marrying eight times. [ R. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Ogham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ortho- + Gr. &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Direct fertilization in plants, as when the pollen fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same blossom; -- opposed to heterogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any plant of the class Phænogamia . [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. fai`nein to show + ga`mos marriage. ] (Bot.) The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia. [ 1913 Webster ]