Autogamy

2 definitions found

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

  Autogamy \Au*tog"a*my\, n. [Auto- + Gr. ? marriage.] (Bot.)
     Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from
     the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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