English

Alternative forms

• aëtheogamous

Adjective

aetheogamous ‎(not comparable)

1. (botany)^[1] Of the nature of an aetheogam.

Usage notes

• Being ultimately derived from the two vowels ἀή ‎(aḗ) (alpha-eta: aē), rather than the diphthong αἰ ‎(ai) (alpha-iota: ai), the initial ae- of aetheogamous can only properly be written as two separate letters (ae), with a diaeresis atop the e (as aëtheogamous) being optional; the spellings *ætheogamous and *etheogamous are, therefore, erroneous.

Synonyms

• cryptogamous

References

1. 1 2 3 “aetheogamous, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]