heterogone, a. Bot.
(ˈhɛtərəgəʊn)
[f. Gr. ἑτερο- hetero- + γόν-ος offspring, race, -γονος generating.]
= heterogonous 1.
| 1877 Gray in Amer. Jrnl. Sc. Ser. iii. XIII. 82, I propose the..term of heterogone (or heterogonous) for these flowers. 1880 ― Bot. Text-bk. i. 235 The nature of heterogone dimorphism may well be understood from a single example. The most familiar one is that of Houstonia. |