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APOMICTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does apomictic mean?
• APOMICTIC (adjective)
The adjective APOMICTIC has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis
2. (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
Familiarity information: APOMICTIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
apomictic; apomictical
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Pertainym:
apomict (a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis)
Derivation:
apomixis (any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
Synonyms:
agamic; agamogenetic; agamous; apomictic; parthenogenetic
Similar:
asexual; nonsexual (not having or involving sex)
Derivation:
apomixis (any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization)
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