allogamousadj.
/əˈlɒɡəməs/, U.S. /əˈlɑɡəməs/, /æˈlɑɡəməs/ Botany.
Characterized by cross-fertilization; exhibiting allogamy.
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cross-fertilizable1882
allogamous1887
chasmogamic1900
chasmogamous1906
1887 E. S. Bastin Elements Bot. p. xi Autogamous and allogamous flowers.
1916 Jrnl. Amer. Soc. Agronomy 8 219 The inflorescence of rice (Oryza sativa) is a terminal panicle of complete allogamous flowers.
1955 New Phytologist 54 149 There is a better chance of bringing about an effective recombination of genetic material in allogamous plants than in autogamous plants.
1988 J. R. Kloppenburg First Seed (1990) v. 95 Unlike most other principal crops, corn is an outbreeder (allogamous) rather than an inbreeder (autogamous).
2006 Arctic, Antarctic, & Alpine Res. 38 305/1 The reproductive biology of the genus [sc. Campanula] is well known, with most species being self-incompatible and allogamous.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1887