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orthogamy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-thogamy
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

fertilization of the ovules of a plant by pollen from the same plant

Uncountable

Etymology

From ortho- + -gamy.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Questions

What does orthogamy mean?
fertilization of the ovules of a plant by pollen from the same plant
Where does orthogamy come from?
From ortho- + -gamy.

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