zoidogamous, adj.

zoidogamous
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zoidogamousadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zoidogamous mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoidogamous. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the adjective zoidogamous come from?

Earliest known use

1890s

The earliest known use of the adjective zoidogamous is in the 1890s.

OED's earliest evidence for zoidogamous is from 1899, in International Year Book 1898.

### Nearby entries

1. zographer, n. 1570
2. zography, n. 1570
3. zograscope, n. 1753–
4. Zohar, n. 1682–
5. zoic, adj. 1863–
6. -zoic, comb. form¹
7. -zoic, comb. form²
8. zoid, n. 1856–
9. zoid, adj. 1864–
10. zoidiophilous, adj. 1872–
11. zoidogamous, adj.1899–
12. Zoilean, adj. 1846–
13. Zoilism, n. 1609–
14. Zoilist, n. 1594–
15. Zoilitical, adj. 1665
16. Zoilous, adj. 1577–
17. Zoilus, n. 1565–
18. zoisite, n. 1805–
19. zoism, n. 1900–
20. zoist, n. 1843–
21. zoistic, adj. 1849–

## Meaning & use

Biology.

1. 1899–
   = zooidogamous adj.
   1. 1899

      > But Ginkgo, Cycas, and Zamia develop both motile male cells and pollen-tubes, and so are zoidiogamous and siphonogamous at the same time.

      International Year Book 1898 113
   2. 1907

      > Ancient zoidogamous Gymnosperms.

      American Naturalist vol. 41 362
   3. 2002

      > This tree, native to Eastern China, is characterized by conspicuous features such as a zoidogamous fertilization process.

      American Journal of Botany vol. 89 727/1
   life sciences

## Forms

### Variant forms

Also zoidiogamous.

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

zoid, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.