| 释义 |
het·er·og·a·mous
\|hed.ə|rägəməs\ adjective
also het·ero·gam·ic \|hed.ərō|gamik\
Etymology: heter- + -gamous or -gamic
: exhibiting or characterized by diversity in the reproductive elements or processes: as
a. of sexual reproduction : characterized by fusion of unlike gametes; especially : oogamous 1 — often used of processes in higher organisms in contrast to anisogamous; compare isogamous
b. : having heterogamous reproduction
c. : exhibiting alternation of generations in which two kinds of sexual generation (as dioecious and parthenogenetic) alternate
d. : bearing flowers of two kinds (as perfect and pistillate) — used especially of sedges and composites and opposed to homogamous |