heterogamy

heterogamy
[ˌhɛtəˈrɒgəmi]
noun
[mass noun]
  1. (chiefly Zoology)the alternation of generations, especially between sexual and parthenogenetic generations
    (主动)(尤指有性世代与单性生殖世代之间世代交替的)异配生殖,配子异型
  2. (Botany)a state in which the flowers of a plant are of two or more types
    (植)同株异花。 比较 homogamy(义项2)
    ■another term for anisogamy
    同 anisogamy
  3. marriage between people from different sociological or educational backgrounds
    (不同社会或教育背景的人)通婚。 比较 homogamy(义项1)
派生
heterogamous
adjective
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: from hetero- + Greek -gamos 'married'
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