allogamy

Definitions of allogamy
  1. noun
    cross-fertilization in plants
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    antonyms:
    autogamy
    self-fertilization in plants
    type of:
    cross-fertilisation, cross-fertilization
    fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species
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