Definition of "syngamy" []

• The fusion of two gametes in fertilization. (noun)

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• "A pollinator is the biotic agent (vector) that moves pollen from the male anthers of a flower to the female stigma of a flower to accomplish fertilization or '' syngamy '' of the female gamete in the ovule of the flower by the male gamete from the pollen grain."
• "Cross-pollination (syngamy): pollen is delivered to a flower of a different plant."
• "Then their nuclear membranes disintegrate and the paternally and maternally contributed chromosomes pair up, an event called syngamy."