The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγείτων“neighbour”
- English todaygeitonogamy
From Ancient Greek γείτων (geítōn, “neighbour”, geitono-) + -gamy (“marriage”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
geitonogamy
Today it means: Transfer of pollen grains from the anther of a flower to the stigma of another flower of the same plant. Full definition →
Ancient Greek γείτων