embryonyn.
/ˈɛmbrɪəni/, /ɛmˈbrʌɪəni/, U.S. /ˈɛmbriəni/, /ɛmˈbraɪəni/ Botany.
The formation or development of an embryo; the manner of this, esp. as regards the number of embryos formed or the type of cell or tissue giving rise to them.nucellar embryony: see the first element. See also monoembryony n., polyembryony n.
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1912 P. J. Wester in Philippine Agric. Rev. 5 80 (heading) The embryony of the mango.
1941 Bot. Rev. 7 509 Adventitious embryony resembles vegetative reproduction in that the new sporophyte develops directly from the old, and the gametophyte, though usually formed, does not function.
1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 240 Parthenogenesis (development of an unfertilized egg) may occur, or vegetative embryony (development of embryos from vegetative cells of the ovule).
1987 Plant Sci. 52 233/1 This polyembryonal mass is seen to give rise to later stages of embryony.
2007 A. Chaudhury et al. in K. Roberts Handbk. Plant Sci. I. 474/1 Three types of apomixes are generally recognized—diplospory, apospory and adventitious embryony.
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