Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homogonous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ho-mogonous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having all the flowers alike in terms of the stamens and pistils.

adj

Existing on a continuum; able to be transformed one into another by means of continuous change.

Example Sentences

"In Hottonia, a Primulaceous genus of two species, the European one has heterogonous dimorphism for cross-fertilization: the American one has homogonous showy flowers with only the general chance for intercrossing, and earlier flowers which are cleistogamous for self-fertilization."
"Time and an instant, space and a point, boundary and the bounded, are not homogeneous, but nevertheless cognate or "homogonous"."
"This concept of "change as homogonous variation” is arguably the most profound and most problematic for Plato."

Etymology

Ancient Greek

Frequently Paired Words

homogeneous

Questions

What does homogonous mean?: Having all the flowers alike in terms of the stamens and pistils.
Where does homogonous come from?: Ancient Greek

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