əˈpägəmē, (ˈ)a|p- noun
( -es )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary apo- + -gamy
1. biology : interbreeding within a segregated group not having any common differentiating character — compare homogamy
2. botany : development of the sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization — used especially of a form of apomixis in seed plants wherein an embryo arises from a cell or cells other than the egg and without fertilization