HETEROGAMY

Definitions: HETEROGAMY

HETEROGAMY

Noun

1. 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.

2. The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definitions: HETEROGAMY

Domain	Definitions
Biology & Biotechnology	The condition of having a parthenogenetic generation alternating with a truly sexual generation. Source: European Union. (references)
	The condition of having, or the union of, gametes differing in size or constitution. Source: European Union. (references)
	The condition of having flowers of 2 or more sexual types(e. g. :female, i. e. pistillate; male, i. e. staminate; sterile)in the same inflorescence as in some Compositae. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms within Context: HETEROGAMY

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Production	Bringing forth; Verb:: parturition, birth, birth-throe, childbirth, delivery, confinement, accouchement, travail, labor, midwifery, obstetrics; geniture; gestation; (maturation); assimilation; evolution, development, growth; entelechy; fertilization, gemination, germination, heterogamy, genesis, generation, epigenesis, procreation, progeneration, propagation; fecundation, impregnation; albumen.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: HETEROGAMY

Modern Translations: HETEROGAMY

Language		Translations for "HETEROGAMY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		heterogami (anisogamy). (various references)

Dutch		heterogamie (anisogamy). (various references)

Finnish		heterogamia (anisogamy). (various references)

French		hétérogamie. (various references)

German		Heterogamie (anisogamy). (various references)

Greek		ετερογαμία (anisogamy). (various references)

Italian		eterogamia (anisogamy). (various references)

Pig Latin		eterogamyhay

Portuguese		heterogamia (anisogamy). (various references)

Spanish		heterogamia (anisogamy). (various references)

Swedish		heterogami (anisogamy). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Rhyming with "HETEROGAMY"

Words rhyming with "HETEROGAMY" (pronounced 'Het`er*og"a*my'): Academy, Adenotomy, Adesmy, Adynamy, Agronomy, Alchemy, Allogamy, Anatomy, Andranatomy, Androtomy, Angiotomy, Anomy, Antinomy, Aplotomy, Apogamy, Aponeurotomy, Archenemy, Army, Arrhytmy, Arteriotomy, Astronomy, Atimy, Autogamy, Autonomy, Belamy, BIGAMY, Bionomy, Blasphemy, Blosmy, Bronchotomy, Capsulotomy, Celotomy, Cephalotomy, Chalazogamy, Chasmy, Chirognomy, Chironomy, Cholecystotomy, Chondrotomy, Cirsotomy, Clammy, Cleronomy, Coenogamy, Colotomy, Craniognomy, Craniotomy, Crummy, Cystotomy, Dactylonomy, Demonomy. (additional references)

Anagrams: HETEROGAMY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-h-m-o-r-t-y"
	-2 letters: erythema, geometry.
	-3 letters: homager, mothery, teraohm, theorem, thermae.
	-4 letters: aether, earthy, eatery, emoter, ergate, gamete, garote, gather, gemote, gherao, goatee, gyrate, hareem, hearty, heater, hereat, hereto, hermae, hetero, homage, meager, meagre, metage, meteor, mother, ohmage, orgeat, reheat, remate, remote, reteam, theory, therme.
	-5 letters: agree, ameer, amort, arete, argot, armet, atomy, eager, eagre, earth, eater.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-h-m-o-r-t-y"
	+2 letters: geothermally, heterogamety.
	+5 letters: electromyograph.
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