Porogamy

Quick meaning: Porogamy is a noun meaning (botany) The property of having the pollen tube in a seed plant enter the ovule by way of the micropyle.

Meaning

(botany) The property of having the pollen tube in a seed plant enter the ovule by way of the micropyle.

Example Sentences

No statistical records are presently available about the plants showing porogamy, chalazogamy or mesogamy, in angiosperms.

The pollen tube may enter the ovule either via the chalaza (chalazogamy) (Billings 1903) or via the micropyle (porogamy) (Woodroof 1928).

The subject of Chalazogamy in Casuarina was discussed somewhat in detail, the speaker taking exception to Nawaschin's theory that Chalazogamy is a primitive type of fecundation from which porogamy has been developed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include orthogamy, porogam, pseudogamy, siphonogamy, protogyny, micropyle.

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