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porogamic, a. Bot.|pɒrəʊ-, pɔərəʊˈgæmɪk| [mod. f. Gr. πόρος pore n.1 + γάµ-ος marriage + -ic. (Treub, Ann. Jardin Bot. de Buitenzorg, (1891.)] Applied to fertilization in which the pollen-tube enters the ovule by the micropyle, as in most plants: opposed to chalazogamic. (Also said of the plant.) So ˈporogam, a plant characterized by this mode of fertilization.
1894Times 11 Aug. 11/3 Professor Balfour hesitated to adopt Treub's division into chalazogams and porogams until the limits of the former group were better defined. 1895Oliver tr. Kerner's Nat. Hist. Plants II. 412 This type of fertilization has been termed chalazogamic in contradistinction to the more usual micropylar or porogamic method. |