homogonous

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homogonous

pertaining to flowers that do not differ in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to heterogonous)
Not to be confused with:
homogeneous – of the same kind or nature; unvarying; unmixed: a homogeneous population
homogenous – alike in structure because of a common origin: a homogenous breed
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'The homogonous loss of lives we are now witnessing through police brutality is just a tip of the icebergs more is yet to come if we allow the two in power,' said Atandi.
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[23] on small sample sizes (i.e., rule of 500; Comreyand Lee [25], with 100 = poor, 200 = fair, 300 = good, 500 = very good, 1,000 or more = excellent), the sample was again extremely homogonous in terms of ethnicity and was all Dutch speaking.
I read somewhere and I have to agree that women are not a homogonous group and that we as such, have very different experiences, needs and expectations.
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