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heterogony

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-ero-gony
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of having two or more kinds of flower, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils

Uncountable

Etymology

From hetero- + -gony.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

heterogonies (plural)

Derived Forms

heterogonic

Questions

What does heterogony mean?
The condition of having two or more kinds of flower, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils
Where does heterogony come from?
From hetero- + -gony.

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