AUTOGAMIC
ə noun
1.
Botany. pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization ( opposed to allogamy ).
2.
Biology. conjugation in an individual organism by division of its nucleus into two parts that in turn reunite to form a zygote.
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autogamy (ɔːˈtɒɡəmɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | self-fertilization in flowering plants |
| 2. | a type of sexual reproduction, occurring in some protozoans, in which the uniting gametes are derived from the same cell |
| au'togamous | |
| —adj | |
| autogamic | |
| —adj | |
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| autogamy (ɔːˈtɒɡəmɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | self-fertilization in flowering plants |
| 2. | a type of sexual reproduction, occurring in some protozoans, in which the uniting gametes are derived from the same cell |
| au'togamous | |
| —adj | |
| autogamic | |
| —adj | |
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