Allogamy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Allogamy \Al*log"a*my\n. [Gr. ? other + ? marriage.] (Bot.)
     Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another
     of the same species; cross-fertilization.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  allogamy
       n : cross-fertilization in plants [ant: {autogamy}]