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autogamy [aw-tog-uh-mee] WORD ORIGIN noun Botany. pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization (opposed to allogamy). Biology. conjugation in an individual organism by division of its nucleus into two parts that in turn reunite to form a zygote. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of autogamy First recorded in 1875–80; auto-1 + -gamy Related formsau·tog·a·mous, au·to·gam·ic [aw-toh-gam-ik] /ˌɔ toʊˈgæm ɪk/, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for autogamous autogamy noun self-fertilization in flowering plants a type of sexual reproduction, occurring in some protozoans, in which the uniting gametes are derived from the same cell Derived Formsautogamous or autogamic (ˌɔːtəˈɡæmɪk), adjective Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 autogamous in Medicine autogamy [ô-tŏg′ə-mē] n. Self-fertilization in which fission of the cell nucleus occurs without complete cellular division, forming two pronuclei that reunite to form the synkaryon. Related formsau•tog′a•mous adj. The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. autogamous in Science autogamy [ô-tŏg′ə-mē] See self-fertilization. The union of nuclei within and arising from a single cell, as in certain protozoans and fungi. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
