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agamospermy

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ag⋅a⋅mo⋅sper⋅my

  [ag-uh-moh-spur-mee, ey-gam-uh-]
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–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; < Gk ágam(os) (see agamic ) + -o- + -sperm + -y 3
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a·gam·o·sperm·y   (ə-gām'ə-spûr'mē, āg'ə-mō-)   
n.   Botany
The asexual formation of embryos and seeds without the occurrence of fertilization.

[From Greek agamos, unmarried; see agamic + Greek sperma, seed; see sperm1.]
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