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The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves.

Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.

stricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.

Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.

rriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy. Lubbock.

Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.

tilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

Characterized by heterogamy.

process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.

Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.

The condition of being homogamous.

A hater of marriage.

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Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning.

One of the Monogamia.

A Linnæan order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia.

Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy.

One who practices or upholds monogamy. Goldsmith.

Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.

me time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.