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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Word of the Day

1 June 2025

BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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