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PARTHENOGENESIS
parthenogenesis, parthenogeny
(noun) process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods
parthenogenesis, parthenogeny, virgin birth
(noun) human conception without fertilization by a man
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
parthenogenesis (usually uncountable, plural parthenogeneses)
(biology) Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction
(biology, countable, uncountable) (An instance of) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare metagenesis, heterogamy.
(biology, uncountable, formerly) Asexual reproduction in toto; agamogenesis.
(countable and uncountable) figurative uses of the biological senses
(theology) Virgin birth, in reference to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.
Source: Wiktionary
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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(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
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