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agamospermy

[ag-uh-moh-spur-mee, ey-gam-uh-]

noun Biology.

any form of reproduction, as parthenogenesis, apogamy, and apospory, that involves the sex cell but takes place without fertilization or meiosis.

Origin:
1940–45; < Greek ágam(os) (see agamic) + -o- + -sperm + -y³

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mode of organization; construction and arrangement of tissues, parts, or organs

the subdivision of an organism or of an organ into more or less equivalent parts; cell division

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agamospermy (ˈæɡəməʊˌspɜːmɪ)

—n
	botany formation of seeds in the absence of fertilization; a form of apomixis

[C19: agamic + Greek sperma seed]

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