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a. [ Gr. 'a`gamos unmarried; 'a priv. + ga`mos marriage. ] (Biol.) Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In (Bot.), cryptogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Characterized by allogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Having a structure entirely cellular, and no distinct sexual organs; -- a term applied by De Candolle to the lowest order of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to apogamy.
Syn. -- apogamic, apogametic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ Gr. &unr_; closed (fr. &unr_; to shut) + ga`mos marriage. ] (Bot.) Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Manifesting dichogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Endo- + Gr. &unr_; marriage. ] Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Exo- + Gr. &unr_; marriage. ] Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hemi- + Gr. &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; -- said of grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a fence + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + Gr. ga`mos marriage: cf. F. hétérogame. ] (Bot. & Biol.) (a) The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster. (b) Characterized by heterogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; married together; &unr_; the same + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a mixing + &unr_; marriage. ] (Zool.) Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. monogamus having but one wife, Gr. &unr_;; mo`nos single + &unr_; marriage. ] 1. Upholding, or practicing, monogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Same as Monogamian. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Mating with but one of the opposite sex; -- said of birds and mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being monogamous; having one wife at a time.
Syn. -- monogamy, monogyny. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Having true flowers with distinct floral organs; flowering. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Same as Phænogamian, Phænogamic, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; living &unr_; polygamy; poly`s many + &unr_; marriage. Cf. Bigamy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Pairing with more than one female. [ 1913 Webster ]

Most deer, cattle, and sheep are polygamous. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Belonging to the Polygamia; bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. trigamus a thrice-married man, Gr. &unr_; thrice married; &unr_; (see Tri-) + &unr_; marriage: cf. F. trigame. ] (Bot.) Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, -- male, female, and hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]