hercogamyn.
/həˈkɒɡəmi/ Botany.
The prevention of self-fertilization in flowers by means of structural obstacles.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > pollination > self-fertilization > prevention of or inability to self-fertilize
self-sterility1863
hercogamy1887
self-incompatibility1916
1887 H. M. Ward tr. J. von Sachs Lect. Physiol. Plants 799 All the marvellous adaptations of Dichogamy, Heterostylism, Herkogamy..may be looked upon in this sense.
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hercoˈgamic adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by pollination > self-fertilizing or fertilized > not self-fertilizing
hercogamous1880
hercogamic1883
self-incompatible1916
1883 D. W. Thompson tr. H. Müller Fertilisation of Flowers 20 Axell considers that a further advance is shown in passing from dichogamic to herkogamic flowers.
herˈcogamous adj. unable to be self-fertilized: see quot. 1880.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by pollination > self-fertilizing or fertilized > not self-fertilizing
hercogamous1880
hercogamic1883
self-incompatible1916
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 414/2 Hercogamous(-us), Said of hermaphrodite flowers when some structural obstacle prevents autogamy.
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n.1880