AUTOGAMY

PRONUNCIATION: (o-TOG-uh-mee)

MEANING: noun: Self-fertilization, for example, of a flower by its own pollen.

ETYMOLOGY: From German Autogamie, coined in 1876 by Austrian botanist Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1831-1898). Earliest documented use: 1877
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AUTOGAME - Road Race, an early videogame from Sega (1976)

AOÛTOGAMY - when a French child has a May birthday (fertilization thus having occurred in August)

ALTOGAMY - impregnating a woman with a low-pitched voice