(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:07:44

Her*cog"a*mous (?), a. [Gr. a fence + marriage.] Bot.

Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

 

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