Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Agamic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, same as
agamic . - In zoology, having no distinguishable sexual organs. See
agamic , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.), (Bot.) Having no visible sexual organs; asexual.
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- adjective biology Having no
visible sex organs ;asexual orcryptogamous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
Etymologies
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a- + -gamous
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Examples
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"prolonged nutrition," a surplus, as we see so plainly in the lower forms of agamous generation (budding, division).
Essai sur l'imagination créatrice. English Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron 1877
epeolatrist commented on the word agamous
according to oxford: "an adjective meaning 'unmarried'."
June 23, 2009