apogamy
[ uh-pog-uh-mee ]
/ əˈpɒg ə mi /
noun Botany, Mycology.
the asexual development of a sporophyte from a cell or cells of the gametophyte other than the egg.
OTHER WORDS FROM apogamy
ap·o·gam·ic [ap-uh-gam-ik] /ˌæp əˈgæm ɪk/, a·pog·a·mous, adjective ap·o·gam·i·cal·ly, a·pog·a·mous·ly, adverbWords nearby apogamy
apodictic,
apodosis,
apodous,
apoenzyme,
apoferritin,
apogamy,
apogee,
apogeotropism,
apograph,
apokatastasis,
apolipoprotein
Example sentences from the Web for apogamy
Isolation, then, is a genus, of which Apogamy and Homogamy are species.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) |George John RomanesOther names for indiscriminate isolation are separate breeding and apogamy.
The Making of Species |Douglas DewarApogamy, of course, answers to indiscriminate isolation, or separate breeding.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) |George John Romanes
British Dictionary definitions for apogamy
apogamy
/ (əˈpɒɡəmɪ) /
noun
a type of reproduction, occurring in some ferns, in which the sporophyte develops from the gametophyte without fusion of gametes
the development of a diploid cell in the embryo sac of flowering plants into an embryo without being fertilized