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Definition of: heterogony
(het′ər·og′ə·nē) noun
1. Bot. The state of having flowers differing in kind, length of stamens and styles: opposed to homogony.
2. Metagenesis.
—het′er·og′o·nous adjective
—het′·er·og′o·nous·ly adverb
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