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Definition of heterogamous:

(adj) : (biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process
(adj) : (biology) characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature
(adj) : (botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers
(adj) : in the daisy family Asteraceae, having two types of flowers in a flower head (such as some sterile, some hermaphrodite, or some female, some hermaphrodite)

Definition of heterogamous:

(adj) : (biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process
(adj) : (biology) characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature
(adj) : (botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers
(adj) : in the daisy family Asteraceae, having two types of flowers in a flower head (such as some sterile, some hermaphrodite, or some female, some hermaphrodite)

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