zooidogamoushttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zooidogamous_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezooidogamous, adj.
Revised 2017

zooidogamousadjective

Chiefly Botany.
  1. 1891–
    Designating a type of fertilization resembling that found in animals, involving at least one motile gamete; exhibiting fertilization of this kind.
    1. 1891
      Karyogamy is..Zooidiogamous: one gamete at least is actively motile.
      Nature 17 September 484/1
    2. 1904
      In the Ferns and zooidogamous Gymnosperms, the centrosome-like body gives rise directly to this band.
      Annals of Botany vol. 18 251
    3. 1976
      The presence of a multilayered structure..in developing male gametes is now generally recognized as a common feature of zooidogamous archegoniate plants.
      American Journal of Botany vol. 63 545/1
    4. 1997
      It has been a century since the discovery of zooidogamous reproduction among seed plants.
      W. F. Friedman & E. F. Gifford in T. Hori et al., Ginkgo Biloba–Global Treasure 29

Originally published as part of the entry for zooid, n.

zooidogamous, adj. was revised in June 2017.

zooidogamous, adj. was last modified in July 2023.