Meaning | Any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization. |
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Narrower | apogamy | (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization |
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parthenocarpy | (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds |
parthenogenesis, parthenogeny | Process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual |
Broader | asexual reproduction, agamogenesis | reproduction without the fusion of gametes |
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Spanish | apomixia, apomixis |
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Catalan | apomixi, apomixis |
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Adjectives | apomictic, apomictical | of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis |
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apomictic | (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction |