dichogamy

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dichogamy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dichogamy \Di*chog"a*my\, n. [Gr. ? in two, asunder + ?
     marriage.] (Bot.)
     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.
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