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homogonous, a.|həʊˈmɒgənəs|
[f. homo- + Gr. -γονος generating or γόνος offspring + -ous.]
1. Bot. Having similar reproductive organs; applied by Asa Gray to flowers in which there is no difference of length in the stamens and pistils of different individuals; opp. to heterogonous 1.
1877[see homogone]. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §4. 225 Those..with Homogonous and those with Heterogonous flowers.
2. Biol. Exhibiting ordinary reproduction; producing offspring similar to the parent; opp. to heterogonous 2.
1883Syd. Soc. Lex., Homogonous digenesis, that form of digenesis in which, as in Annelides, the buds produce animals similar to those from which they spring. 1886Ibid., Homogonous, having like offspring. |