— apomictic /ap'euh mik"tik/ , apomictical , adj. — apomictically , adv.
/ap'euh mik"sis/ , n. , pl. apomixes /-mik"seez/ . Biol.
any of several types of asexual reproduction, as apogamy or parthenogenesis.
[ 1910-15; apo- APO- + míxis a mixing, equiv. to mig ( nýnai ) to mix + -sis -SIS ]