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from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, fertilized by way of the micropyle instead of the chalaza. See
porogamy .
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Such a method of entrance is styled chalazogamic, in contrast to the porogamic or ordinary method of approach by means of the micropyle.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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