herkogamy etymology

English word herkogamy comes from English -gamy, Ancient Greek ἕρκος

Detailed word origin of herkogamy

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-gamy English (eng) (biology) Used to form nouns describing forms of fertilization, pollination or reproduction.. Used to form nouns describing forms of marriage.
ἕρκος Ancient Greek (grc)
herkogamy English (eng) (botany) Different relative positionings of the stigma and the anthers.

Words with the same origin as herkogamy

Descendants of -gamy
adelphogamy allogamy anemogamy anisogamous anisogamy apogamic bureaugamy deuterogamy dichogamy geitonogamy herkogamous hierogamy hologamy hypergamy hypogamy isogamy karyogamic karyogamy octogamy oogamous oogamy plasmogamic sologamy zoögamy