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Heterogamy

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(1):

(n.) 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):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Heterogamy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/heterogamy.html. 1828.
 
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