HyperDic: autogamous

English > 1 sense of the word autogamous:
ADJECTIVEallautogamous, autogamiccharacterized by or fit for autogamy
English > autogamous: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningCharacterized by or fit for autogamy.
Synonymautogamic
Categorybotany, phytologyThe branch of biology that studies plants
Narrowerself-fertilized, self-fertilised, self-pollinatedfertilized by its own pollen
Oppositeendogamous, endogamicCharacterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind
exogamous, exogamicCharacterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related
Spanishautógamo
Nounsautogamyself-fertilization in plants

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