According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
PARTHENOGENESES
Noun
parthenogeneses
plural of parthenogenesis
Source: Wiktionary
PARTHENOGENESIS
Par`the*no*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Gr. parqe`nos a virgin + E. genesis.]
1. (Biol.)
Definition: The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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