Hemigamous

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

  Hemigamous \He*mig"a*mous\, a. [Hemi- + Gr. ? marriage.] (Bot.)
     Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter,
     and the other unisexual, whether male or female; -- said of
     grasses.
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