endogamy
(en däg′ə mē)
noun
- the custom of marrying only within one's own group, as a clan, tribe, etc.; inbreeding
- self-pollination among flowers of the same plant
Origin:
endo- + -gamy
See endogamy in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- Anthropology Marriage within a particular group in accordance with custom or law.
- Botany Fertilization resulting from pollination among flowers of the same plant.
- Biology Reproduction by the fusion of gametes of similar ancestry.
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