Agamous
Biology.
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occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.
Botany, Mycology, .
Historical Examples
The plant, like the animal, is agamous as long as the flower and the sexual organs have not made their appearance.
Animal Parasites and Messmates P. J. Van Beneden
adjective
asexual; occurring or reproducing without fertilization
agamic a·gam·ic (ā-gām’ĭk) or ag·a·mous (āg’ə-məs)
adj.
Occurring or reproducing without the union of male and female cells; asexual or parthenogenetic.
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