Definition
A form of reproduction in plants or fungi where the reproductive process originates or occurs at the base of a structure.
Etymology
From Greek 'basis' (base) + 'gamos' (marriage, union), coined in botanical terminology. The concept emerged from 19th-century microscopic studies of fungal and plant reproduction patterns.
Kelly Says
Scientists borrowed the word 'marriage' for reproduction because they observed spores and gametes literally 'uniting' at the base—it's an ancient metaphor that stuck in modern biology.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ባዚጋሚ
ba-zee-ga-mee
ARالعربية
باغامية
baghāmiyyah
BNবাংলা
বাজিগামী
ba-jee-ga-mee
CACatalà
basigami
bah-see-gah-mee
CSČeština
basigamie
bah-zee-gah-mee
DADansk
basigami
bah-see-gah-mee
DEDeutsch
Basigamie
bah-zee-gah-mee-eh
ELΕλληνικά
βασιγκαμία
va-si-gah-mee-ah
ESEspañol
basigamia
bah-see-gah-mee-ah
FAفارسی
باسیکامی
ba-see-ka-mee
FISuomi
basigamia
ba-see-gah-mee-ah
FRFrançais
basigamie
bah-see-gah-mee
GUGU
બાસિગામી
ba-see-ga-mee
HAHA
basigami
bah-see-gah-mee
HEעברית
בזיגמיה
bazig-mee-ah
HIहिन्दी
बासिगामी
baasigāmee
HUMagyar
basigamia
bah-see-gah-mee-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
basigami
ba-si-ga-mee
IGIG
basiigami
bah-see-gah-mee
ITItaliano
basigamia
ba-see-gah-mee-ah
KKKK
базыгамия
ba-zy-ga-mee-ya
KMKM
បាស៊ីហ្គាមី
ba-see-ga-mee
MRMR
बाजीगामी
ba-jee-ga-mee
MSBahasa Melayu
basigami
bah-see-gah-mee
MYမြန်မာ
ပါစီဂမီ
pa-see-ga-mee
NLNederlands
basigamie
ba-zee-gah-mee
NONorsk
basigami
bah-see-gah-mee
PAPA
ਬਾਜੀਗਾਮੀ
ba-jee-ga-mee
PLPolski
basigamia
bah-see-gah-mee-ah
PTPortuguês
basigamia
bah-see-gah-mee-ah
RORomână
basigamie
bah-zee-gah-mee
RUРусский
базигамия
ba-zee-ga-mee-ya
SVSvenska
basigami
bah-see-gah-mee
SWKiswahili
basigami
bah-see-gah-mee
TAதமிழ்
பழிநீக்கம்
pa-zhi-nee-kkam
TEతెలుగు
బాసిగమ్యం
ba-si-ga-mya-m
THไทย
บาซิแกมี
ba-si-ga-mee
TLTL
basigami
bah-see-gah-mee
TRTürkçe
basigami
bah-see-gah-mee
UKУкраїнська
базигамія
ba-zee-gah-mee-ya
URاردو
بَزِیگَمی
ba-zee-gah-mee
VITiếng Việt
basigamy
bah-see-gah-mee
YOYO
básígamí
bah-see-gah-mee
ZUZU
ibasigami
ee-bah-see-gah-mee