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Meanings of exogamic in English

Characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related.

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      Of course he and Janda wanted to adhere to the exogamous code.
      Earth Unaware
      2
      By preference the Andamanese are exogamous as regards sept and endogamous as regards tribe.
      The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
      3
      They have no subcastes but thirty-six exogamous sections.
      The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume ...
      4
      The Santals are divided into exogamous septs-originally twelve in number, and their social observances are complex, e.g.
      Folklore of the Santal Parganas
      5
      The caste have exogamous sections, which are of the usual low-caste type, with titular or totemistic names.
      The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume ...
      Usage of exogamic in English
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      Marriage was exogamic among clans in a tribe, but practically, though not wholly endogamic as between tribes, wife and slave capture being common in places.
      The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
      Exogamic through the time