homogonous

[huh-mog-uh-nuhs, hoh-]

ho·mog·o·nous

[huh-mog-uh-nuhs, hoh-]
adjective Botany.
pertaining to monoclinous flowers that do not differ in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to heterogonous).

Origin:
1877; homo- + -gonous < Greek -gonos generating; see -gony, -ous

ho·mog·o·nous·ly, adverb
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Homogonous is always a great word to know.
So is multicellular haploid. Does it mean:
plants with true roots, stems and leaves dispersed by spores because they don't produce seeds
organism with having only one complete set of chromosomes
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homogony (hɒˈmɒɡənɪ)
 
n
Compare heterogony the condition in a plant of having stamens and styles of the same length in all the flowers
 
ho'mogonous
 
adj
 
ho'mogonously
 
adv

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