Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Exhibiting homogamy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having all the florets hermaphrodite, as certain grasses and composite plants; bearing one kind of flowers.
- Of or pertaining to homogamy or assortative mating. Also
homogamic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Having all the
flowers alike .
Etymologies
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Examples
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By this point in the post, you might be sick of the terms homogamous and heterogamous.
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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By this point in the post, you might be sick of the terms homogamous and heterogamous.
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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By this point in the post, you might be sick of the terms homogamous and heterogamous.
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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These are the "behind-grade" rates for kids living in different types of parent situations (note "homogamous" are same-sex couples regardless of legal marital status, and "heterogamous" are male-female couples):
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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These are the "behind-grade" rates for kids living in different types of parent situations (note "homogamous" are same-sex couples regardless of legal marital status, and "heterogamous" are male-female couples):
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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These are the "behind-grade" rates for kids living in different types of parent situations (note "homogamous" are same-sex couples regardless of legal marital status, and "heterogamous" are male-female couples):
Philip N. Cohen: Gay and Lesbian Parents Making the Grade 2010
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The Washington Post details the last-ditch efforts by Black Christian leaders in Prince George's County, Maryland to stop the state from legalizing homogamous marriage.
Philip N. Cohen: Where Does the Gap in Support for Marriage Rights Come From? Philip N. Cohen 2011
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That makes it ground zero for Black Christian opposition to homogamous marriage rights.
Philip N. Cohen: Where Does the Gap in Support for Marriage Rights Come From? Philip N. Cohen 2011
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That makes it ground zero for Black Christian opposition to homogamous marriage rights.
Philip N. Cohen: Where Does the Gap in Support for Marriage Rights Come From? Philip N. Cohen 2011
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The Washington Post details the last-ditch efforts by Black Christian leaders in Prince George's County, Maryland to stop the state from legalizing homogamous marriage.
Philip N. Cohen: Where Does the Gap in Support for Marriage Rights Come From? Philip N. Cohen 2011
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