orthogamy

[Pref. ortho-, and Gr. gamos = marriage.] Bot.: The fertilization of the ovule by the application to the stigma of pollen derived from the stamens of the particular flower to which it belongs, as distinguished from Heterogamy. ( R. Brown, 1874.) IMG:content-0384.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia orthogon Anthrop.: (See extract.) "The profile of the face of the Calmuck is almost vert i. cal, the facial bones being thrown downward and under the fore part of the skull." [This form of skull is shown in the illustration marked A.] "The profile of the face of the negro, on the other hand, is singularly inclined, the front part of the jaws projecting far forward beyond the level of the fore part of the skull. In the former case the skull is said to be orthognathous, or straight-jawed; in B A the latter is called prognathous" 2938 thereof in their true proportions; the orthography is either external or internal. The external is the delineation of the outer face or front of a building; the internal is a section of the same. or-tho i-o-gř, s . [Pref. ortho- , and Gr. logos a word, a discourse.] The true, right, or correct description of things. "The natural, and as it were the homogeneal, parts of grammar be two; orthology and orthography."- Fother by : Atheomastix, p. 346. or-tho-met-ric, adj . [Prefix ortho- , and Eng. metric (q. v.).] Crystal log.: Pertaining to, or having axes of the negro) and C (that of a gorilla)]-"a term which has been rendered, with more force than elegance, by the Saxon equivalent - snouty." - Них ley: Man's Place in Nature, pp. 146, 147. C