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
- (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization
Type of: apomixis
Scrabble score: 15 (letter breakdown)
Word lists: words starting with AP · words ending in MY · 7-letter words
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