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PRONUNCIATION OF DICHOGAMOUS

dichogamous  [ˌdaɪkəʊˈɡæmɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DICHOGAMOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dichogamous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DICHOGAMOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dichogamous

Sequential hermaphroditism

Sequential hermaphroditism is a type of hermaphroditism that occurs in many fish, gastropoda and plants. Sequential hermaphroditism occurs when the individual changes sex at some point in their life. They can change from a male to female, or from female to male or from female to hermaphrodite. Those that change gonadal sex can have both female and male germ cells in the gonads or can change from one complete gonadal type to the other during their last life stage. Individual flowers are also called sequentially hermaphrodite, although the plant as a whole may have functionally male and functionally female flowers open at the same time.

Definition of dichogamous in the English dictionary

The definition of dichogamous in the dictionary is in which the male and female parts flower at different times.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DICHOGAMOUS


agamic
əˈɡæmɪk
autogamic
ˌɔ:təˈɡæmɪk
chalazogamic
kəˌlæzəʊˈɡæmɪk
chasmogamic
ˌkæzməʊˈɡæmɪk
cleistogamous
ˌklaɪstəˈɡæmɪk
dichogamic
ˌdaɪkəʊˈɡæmɪk
endogamic
ˌɛndəʊˈɡæmɪk
endogamous
ˌɛndəʊˈɡæmɪk
exogamic
ˌeksəʊˈɡæmɪk
gamic
ˈɡæmɪk
homogamic
ˌhɒməʊˈɡæmɪk
isogamic
ˌaɪsəʊˈɡæmɪk
karyogamic
ˌkærɪəˈɡæmɪk
misogamic
ˌmɪsəʊˈɡæmɪk
monogamic
ˌmɒnəʊˈɡæmɪk
oghamic
ɒˈɡæmɪk
phaenogamic
ˌfiːnəʊˈɡæmɪk
phanerogamic
ˌfænərəʊˈɡæmɪk
porogamic
ˌpɔːrəˈɡæmɪk
syngamic
sɪŋˈɡæmɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DICHOGAMOUS

dichogamic
dichogamy
dichondra
dichoptic
dichord
dichotic
dichotically
dichotomic
dichotomies
dichotomisation
dichotomise
dichotomist
dichotomization
dichotomize
dichotomous
dichotomous key
dichotomous question
dichotomously
dichotomousness
dichotomy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DICHOGAMOUS

agamous
allogamous
anonymous
autogamous
bigamous
biramous
cryptogamous
digamous
exogamous
famous
hercogamous
infamous
monogamous
polygamous
polythalamous
ramous
squamous
syngamous
unfamous
world-famous
zoogamous

Synonyms and antonyms of dichogamous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dichogamous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DICHOGAMOUS

Find out the translation of dichogamous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dichogamous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dichogamous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dichogamous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dichogamous
570 millions of speakers

English

dichogamous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dichogamous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dichogamous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

dichogamous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dichogamous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dichogamous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dichogamous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dichogamous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dichogam
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dichogamous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dichogamous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dichogamous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dichogamous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dichogamous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिचोगॅमस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dichogamous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dichogamous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dichogamous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dichogamous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dichogamous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dichogamous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dichogamous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dichogamous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dichogamous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dichogamous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DICHOGAMOUS»

The term «dichogamous» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.122 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DICHOGAMOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dichogamous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dichogamous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dichogamous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DICHOGAMOUS»

Discover the use of dichogamous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dichogamous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Technical Bulletin
In general it was found that none of the varieties was completely dichogamous at all times and under all circumstances, but all except four (in which the total number of records do not exceed five in any case and for which, therefore, the ...
2
A Text-Book of Botany: Morphological and Physiological
Whether the Algae named above and some Muscineae are dichogamous is doubtful; but the motility of the antherozoids renders it possible for them to reach the oospheres of other plants or those on other branches of the same plant. Among ...
Julius Sachs, Alfred W. Bennett, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, 2011
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Issues in Life Sciences—Botany and Plant Biology Research: ...
A Dichogamous Early-divergent Angiosperm Species, Annona Cherimola ( annonaceae) - Influence Of Temperature And Humidity “Premise of the study : A variety of mechanisms to prevent inbreeding have arisen in different angiosperm taxa ...
‎2013
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Nature
Delpino thus classifies the 124 flowering plants of Nova Zembla: 16 dichogamous, fertilised by Hymenoptera ; 84 dichogamous or homogamous by Hymenoptera or Diptera; 24 dichogamous by the wind. Out of 91 flowering plants found in ...
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Nature London: The International Weekly Journal of Science
Delpino thus classifies the [24 flowering plants of N ova Zemblaz I6 dichogamous , fertilised by Hymenoptera ; 84. dichogamous or homogamous by Hymeu~ optera or Diptera; 24 dichogamous by the wind. Out of 91 flowering plants found in ...
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A Dictionary of Entomology
DICHOGAMOUS. Adj. (Greek,. dicho-. I. in. two. parts + gamos I marrying.) Descriptive of Species in which males and females mature at different rates. Alt. Dichogamic. DICHOPTIC Adj. (Greek, dicha I in two, apart + opsis I sight + -ic I of nature ...
‎2011
7
New Zealand journal of botany
The most basic difference between herkogamy and dichogamy is that herkogamy avoids self-interference by spatial separation of pollen and stigmas, and dichogamy avoids interference by temporal separation. For dichogamous species this ...
8
Evolutionary Ecology : Concepts and Case Studies: Concepts ...
In some cases, individual flowers may be dichogamous, but because flowers open sequentially, selfing can still occur through geitonogamy. Dichogamy may also be favored because it reduces the amount of self-pollen on the stigma ( stigma ...
Charles W. Fox Associate Professor of Entomology University of Kentucky, Derek A. Roff Professor of Biology University of Kentucky, Riverside Daphne J. Fairbairn Professor of Biology both at The University of California, 2001
9
An Evolutionary Basis for Pollination Ecology
It appears that cleistogamy mainly occurs in homogamous flowers, but some species appear to be very flexible: also dichogamous species (whether or not with developments towards dicliny) can develop cleistogamy under unfavourable  ...
S. C. Willemstein, 1987
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The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms
[121] dichlamydeous Having a perianth of two whorls, i.e. both calyx and corolla are present. dichogamous With stamens and stigmas of ... The state of being dichogamous. dichotomous Forked, having the axis divided into two equal branches.
Michael Hickey, Clive King, 2000

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DICHOGAMOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dichogamous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Prime time for native tree planting
Because pecan trees are dichogamous meaning the stamens and pistols mature at different times, it is important to plant more than one tree ... «The Hutto News, Jan 15»
2
Continued Discrimination in ROTC
BTW - medically, I'm a protandrous (ie female) dichogamous pseudohermaphrodite. Though I prefer "woman". I know whereof I speak. «Harvard Crimson, Jan 11»
3
Gender Identity in Kids
There's a few thousand protogynous dichogamous pseudo hermaphrodites in the USA, and a handful of protandrous ones. People whose ... «New York Times, Nov 09»

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