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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Ancient Greek -γαμία (-gamía)bor. English -gamy Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -gamous English heterogamous From hetero- + -gamous.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers
- (not-comparable) 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) characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature
- (not-comparable) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process
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io heterogama (Translations)