noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Asexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud. uncountable
2. 2
   (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization wordnet

Etymology

From apo- + -gamy.

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