Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geitonogamous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: geitonog-a-mous
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to or exhibiting geitonogamy

Example Sentences

"Recent investigations in the Australian sexually deceptive orchid genus Chiloglottis suggest that high levels of outcrossing may help to circumvent the costs, i.e. reduced seed germination and growth, of geitonogamous pollination [81 ]."

Questions

What does geitonogamous mean?: Relating to or exhibiting geitonogamy

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