Heterogamous

Origin

- + gamous + -

Full definition of heterogamous

Adjective

1. (botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers
1. in the daisy family Asteraceae, having two types of flowers in a flower head (such as some sterile, some hermaphrodite, or some female, some hermaphrodite)
2. (biology) characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature
3. (biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process

Synonyms

• heterogene

Related terms

• heterogamy