heterogamous

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What does heterogamous mean?

in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers

Where does heterogamous come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Ancient Greek -γαμία (-gamía)bor. English -gamy Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -gamous English heterogamous From hetero- + -gamous.

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