homogamy
/hɒˈmɒgəmɪ/noun
mass noun
1
- Biology inbreeding, especially as a result of isolation【生】同配生殖(尤指由于隔绝的结果)。
1.1
- marriage between people from similar sociological or educational backgrounds(有相似的社会或教育背景的人之间的)门当户对婚姻。比较HETEROGAMY(义项3).
2
- Botany a state in which the flowers of a plant are all of one type (either hermaphrodite or of the same sex)【植】具同性花。比较HETEROGAMY(义项2).
3
- Botany the simultaneous ripening of the stamens and pistils of a flower, ensuring self-pollination【植】(花的)雌雄蕊同熟(保证自花授粉) 。比较DICHOGAMY.
派生词
homogamous
adjective词源
late 19th cent.: from homo- 'same'+Greek gamos 'marriage'.