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Old 13-03-2006, 10:02 AM posted to sci.bio.botany
 
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Default Jargon (multiple fertilisation)

Dear Stewart,
I think my Usher's Dictionary of Botany (1966) has it:
Polyspermy= the entrance of more than one antherozoid into an egg.
I cannot see any other poly- words that seem to apply!
Best Wishes,
Martin