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Xenogamy vs Autogamy - What's the difference?

xenogamy | autogamy |

As nouns the difference between xenogamy and autogamy

is that xenogamy is the transfer of pollen from the anthers of one plant to the stigma of another; cross-pollination while autogamy is self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

xenogamy

English

Noun

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  • (botany) The transfer of pollen from the anthers of one plant to the stigma of another; cross-pollination.

    • See also

    * geitonogamy

    autogamy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.