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单词 apogamy
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apogamy

[ uh-pog-uh-mee ]
/ əˈpɒg ə mi /

noun Botany, Mycology.

the asexual development of a sporophyte from a cell or cells of the gametophyte other than the egg.

Origin of apogamy

First recorded in 1875–80; apo- + -gamy

OTHER WORDS FROM apogamy

ap·o·gam·ic [ap-uh-gam-ik], /ˌæp əˈgæm ɪk/, a·pog·a·mous, adjectiveap·o·gam·i·cal·ly, a·pog·a·mous·ly, adverb

Words nearby apogamy

apodictic, apodosis, apodous, apoenzyme, apoferritin, apogamy, apogee, apogeotropism, apograph, à point, apokatastasis
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Example sentences from the Web for apogamy

  • Isolation, then, is a genus, of which Apogamy and Homogamy are species.

    Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3)|George John Romanes

  • Other names for indiscriminate isolation are separate breeding and apogamy.

    The Making of Species|Douglas Dewar

  • Apogamy, of course, answers to indiscriminate isolation, or separate breeding.

    Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3)|George John Romanes

British Dictionary definitions for apogamy

apogamy
/ (əˈpɒɡəmɪ) /

noun

a type of reproduction, occurring in some ferns, in which the sporophyte develops from the gametophyte without fusion of gametes
the development of a diploid cell in the embryo sac of flowering plants into an embryo without being fertilized

Derived forms of apogamy

apogamic (ˌæpəˈɡæmɪk), adjectiveapogamous, adjective
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