| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; -- said of grasses.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb hemigamously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hemigamously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hemigamous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HEMIGAMOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Hemigamous \He*mig"a*mous\, adjective. [Hemi- Greek expression marriage.]. (references) |
