dichogamy
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views updated May 23 2018dichogamy The condition in which the male and female reproductive organs of a flower mature at different times, thereby ensuring that self-fertilization does not occur. Compare
homogamy. See also
protandry;
protogyny.
A Dictionary of Biology
dichogamy
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views updated May 17 2018dichogamy The maturing at different times of the male and female organs of a flower.
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences MICHAEL ALLABY
