AGAMOUS

agamic, agamous, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic

(adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

agamous (not comparable)

(biology) Having no visible sex organs; asexual or cryptogamous.

Source: Wiktionary


Ag"a*mous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)

Definition: Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In Bot., cryptogamous.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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