apomict

ap·o·mict

[ap-uh-mikt]
noun Biology.
an organism produced by apomixis.

Origin:
1935–40; back formation from apomictic, equivalent to apo- + Greek mikt(os) mixed + -ic

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apomict (ˈæpəˌmɪkt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
an organism, esp a plant, produced by apomixis

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Apomict is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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