allogamous

1. 1.

   relating to cross-fertilization in plants

Questions about allogamous

What does allogamous mean?

allogamous means "relating to cross-fertilization in plants".

How many syllables are in allogamous?

allogamous has 4 syllables: al-lo-ga-mous. The stress falls on "lo".

Is allogamous a common word?

allogamous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.