Hercogamous

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

  Hercogamous \Her*cog"a*mous\, a. [Gr. ? a fence + ? marriage.]
     (Bot.)
     Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite
     flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.
     [1913 Webster]