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ap⋅o⋅mict

  [ap-uh-mikt]
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–noun Biology.
an organism produced by apomixis.
Origin:
1935–40; back formation from apomictic, equiv. to apo- + Gk mikt(os) mixed + -ic
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ap·o·mict   (āp'ə-mĭkt')   
n.  A plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis.

[Back-formation from apomictic, produced by apomixis : apo- + Greek miktos, mixed (from mignunai, mig-, to mix; see apomixis).]
ap'o·mic'tic adj., ap'o·mic'tic·al·ly adv.
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