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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.
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- adjective botany Exhibiting
dichogamy .
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Examples
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On the other hand, Dr. Hooker informs me that the rule does not hold good in Australia but if most of the Australian trees are dichogamous, the same result would follow as if they bore flowers with separated sexes.
IV. Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest. On the Intercrossing of Individuals 1909
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Australian trees are dichogamous, the same result would follow as if they bore flowers with separated sexes. ")
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