APOMIXIS (apomixes)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: apomixes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does apomixis mean? 

• APOMIXIS (noun)
  The noun APOMIXIS has 1 sense:

1. any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization

  Familiarity information: APOMIXIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APOMIXIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("apomixis" is a kind of...):

agamogenesis; asexual reproduction (reproduction without the fusion of gametes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apomixis"):

apogamy ((botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization)

parthenocarpy ((botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds)

parthenogenesis; parthenogeny (process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods)

Derivation:

apomictic ((of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction)

apomictic; apomictical (of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis)