endogamy

(en dägə mē)

noun

  1. the custom of marrying only within one's own group, as a clan, tribe, etc.; inbreeding
  2. self-pollination among flowers of the same plant

Origin: endo- + -gamy

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See endogamy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Anthropology Marriage within a particular group in accordance with custom or law.
  2. Botany Fertilization resulting from pollination among flowers of the same plant.
  3. Biology Reproduction by the fusion of gametes of similar ancestry.

Related Forms:

  • en·dogˈa·mous adjective

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