BLASTOGENESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blastogenesis mean? 

• BLASTOGENESIS (noun)
  The noun BLASTOGENESIS has 2 senses:

1. asexual reproduction by budding

2. theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm

  Familiarity information: BLASTOGENESIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLASTOGENESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Asexual reproduction by budding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

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

Derivation:

blastogenetic (of or relating to blastogenesis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

theory (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena)

Derivation:

blastogenetic (of or relating to blastogenesis)