单词 | autogamous |
释义 | autogamousadj. Chiefly Botany. Characterized by self-fertilization; exhibiting autogamy. ΘΚΠ 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 self-fertilized1848 self-fertile1856 cleistogamous1874 cleistogene1876 cleistogamic1877 self-fertilizable1877 autogamic1878 autogamous1880 self-pollinated1883 self-pollinating1889 self-bred1898 autocarpous1908 selfed1908 self-compatible1918 1880 C. E. Bessey Bot. High Schools & Colleges xx. 421 Autogamous flowers are much less numerous than either of the foregoing. 1901 Amer. Naturalist 35 205 The flowers of the Polygonaceæ..are devoid of petals and are wind-fertilized, as in Rumex, or autogamous or entomophilous, as in Polygonum. 1955 Evolution 9 348/1 For animals autogamous hermaphroditism provides the mechanism for ready establishment. 1993 R. L. Dressler Phylogeny & Classif. Orchid Family xi. 225 Autogamous populations have obvious advantages as immigrants or invaders. Autogamy is also frequent at higher elevations. 2001 Ann. Bot. 88 989/1 A few Erythrodes species from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands could be autogamous, owing to their relatively high fruit set. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1880 |
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