heterogamies
plural of heterogamy
Source: Wiktionary
Het`er*og"a*my, n. Etym: [See Heterogamous.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: That form of alternate generation in which two kinds of sexual generation, or a sexual and a parthenogenetic generation, alternate;
– in distinction from metagenesis, where sexual and asexual generations alternate. Claus & Sedgwick.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
