autogamous

1. 1.

   characterized by or fit for autogamy

   Synonymsautogamic

   Antonymsendogamousexogamous

   Similarself-fertilized

   botany

Questions about autogamous

What does autogamous mean?

autogamous means "characterized by or fit for autogamy".

How many syllables are in autogamous?

autogamous has 4 syllables: au-to-ga-mous. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for autogamous?

Close synonyms include autogamic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of autogamous?

The recorded antonyms are endogamous, exogamous.

Is autogamous a common word?

autogamous 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.