Meaning of homogonous | Babel Free
Definitions
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Having all the flowers alike in terms of the stamens and pistils. not-comparable
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Existing on a continuum; able to be transformed one into another by means of continuous change. not-comparable
Examples
“In Hottonia, a Primulaceous genus of two species, the European one has heterogonous dimorphism for cross-fertilization: the American one has homogonous showy flowers with only the general chance for intercrossing, and earlier flowers which are cleistogamous for self-fertilization.”
“Time and an instant, space and a point, boundary and the bounded, are not homogeneous, but nevertheless cognate or "homogonous".”
“This concept of "change as homogonous variation” is arguably the most profound and most problematic for Plato.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.