heterogamous
- Adjective. (botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers.
- Adjective. (biology) characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature.
- Adjective. (biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process.
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