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heterogony
[ het-uh-rog-uh-nee ]
noun
Biology.
- the alternation of dioecious and hermaphroditic individuals in successive generations, as in certain nematodes.
- the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
heterogony
/ ˌɛəˈɒɡəɪ /
noun
- biology the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations in rotifers and similar animals
- the condition in plants, such as the primrose, of having flowers that differ from each other in the length of their stamens and styles Compare homogony
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Derived Forms
- ˌٱˈDzDzԴdzܲ, adjective
- ˌٱˈDzDzԴdzܲly, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of heterogony1
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Example Sentences
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Adaptations for Pollination of the Stigma 114 Close and Cross Fertilization, Anemophilous and Entomophilous 115Dichogamy and Heterogony 116� 2.
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Heterogony, Heterogone, or Heterogonous, with stamens and pistil reciprocally of two sorts, 116.
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Moreover, there are two arrangements for cross fertilization common to hermaphrodite flowers in various different families of plants, which have received special names, Dichogamy and Heterogony.
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