Orthogamy

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

  orthogamy \or*thog"a*my\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. ? marriage.] (Bot.)
     Direct fertilization in plants, as when the pollen
     fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same
     blossom; -- opposed to {heterogamy}.
     [1913 Webster]