|hed.ə|rägəməs adjective
also het·ero·gam·ic |hed.ərō|gamik
Etymology: heter- + -gamous or -gamic
: exhibiting or characterized by diversity in the reproductive elements or processes: as
a. of sexual reproduction : characterized by fusion of unlike gametes ; especially : oogamous 1 — often used of processes in higher organisms in contrast to anisogamous ; compare isogamous
b. : having heterogamous reproduction
c. : exhibiting alternation of generations in which two kinds of sexual generation (as dioecious and parthenogenetic) alternate
d. : bearing flowers of two kinds (as perfect and pistillate) — used especially of sedges and composites and opposed to homogamous