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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having pistils and stamens that mature at different times, thus promoting cross-pollination rather than self-pollination.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, exhibiting or characterized by dichogamy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Manifesting dichogamy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Exhibiting dichogamy.

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