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Definition of: dichogamy

(dī·kogə·mē) noun Bot.
A condition, brought about by the maturity at different times of the anthers and stigmas, for promoting intercrossing between hermaphrodite flowers: distinguished from homogamy. [<DICHO- + -GAMY]
—di·chog′a·mous
adjective

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discovered dichogamy
dichogamy pioneered

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