AGAMOSPERMY


Meaning of AGAMOSPERMY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)ā-ˈga-mə-ˌspər-mē, ˈa-gə-mō-ˌspər- ]

noun

Etymology: Greek agamos + English -spermy

Date: 1944

: apogamy ; specifically : apogamy in which sexual union is not completed and the embryo is produced from the innermost layer of the integument of the female gametophyte

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