heterogamy
Pronunciation: /ˌhɛtəˈrɒgəmi/
noun
- 1chiefly Zoology the alternation of generations, especially between sexual and parthenogenetic generations.
- 2 Botany a state in which the flowers of a plant are of two or more types. Compare with homogamy (sense 2).
- another term for anisogamy.
- 3marriage between people from different sociological or educational backgrounds. Compare with homogamy (sense 1).
