apogamy meaning

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apogamy (noun): (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization.

Definition of apogamy

  1. (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization

    Type of: apomixis

    Related forms: apogamic, apogamous

Scrabble score: 15 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AP · words ending in MY · 7-letter words

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