dichogamy in English
noun
1
the ripening of the stamens and pistils of a flower at different times, so that self-fertilization is prevented.
However, the form of dichogamy (protogyny and protandry) is likely to have different consequences for autogamy versus geitonogamy.
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1. Allogamy The pollination from the anther of the flower of one plant to the stigma of the flower of a genetically distinct plant, which may be limited or expanded by self-incompatibility, heterostyly, dichogamy or herkogamy. Segen's Medical Dictionary