— autogamous, autogamic /aw'toh gam"ik/ , adj.
/aw tog"euh mee/ , n.
1. Bot. pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization (opposed to allogamy ).
2. Biol. conjugation in an individual organism by division of its nucleus into two parts that in turn reunite to form a zygote.
[ 1875-80; AUTO- 1 + -GAMY ]