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
Examples
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"prolonged nutrition," a surplus, as we see so plainly in the lower forms of agamous generation (budding, division).
epeolatrist commented on the word agamous
according to oxford: "an adjective meaning 'unmarried'."
June 23, 2009