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Definition of Homogamy
1. n. The condition of being homogamous.
Definition of Homogamy
1. Noun. (botany) fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant ¹
2. Noun. (biology) breeding between similar individuals; inbreeding ¹
3. Noun. (sociology) marriage or other union between similar people, or people of the same sex ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homogamy
1. the bearing of sexually similar flowers [n -MIES]
Medical Definition of Homogamy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Homogamy
Literary usage of Homogamy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"In particular we must not confuse homogamy with endogamy. ... In fact, that
homogamy means fertility may in all or certain forms of life be dominated by a ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1898)
"Now, the forms of discriminate isolation, or homogamy, are very numerous. When,
for example, any section of a species adopts somewhat different habits of ..."
3. Publications of the American Statistical Association by American Statistical Association (1916)
"Since that time, as a result of the application of biometric methods to this
problem, the degree of homogamy has been precisely measured in a number of ..."
4. Darwin, and After Darwin by George John Romanes (1906)
"If they occur intimately associated. the form of homogamy to which their
differentiation was due must have presumably been the physiological form ; whereas, ..."
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