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agamic

[ uh-gam-ik ]

adjective

  1. Biology.
    1. occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.
  2. Botany, Mycology. cryptogamic.


agamic

/ əˈɡæmɪk /

adjective

  1. asexual; occurring or reproducing without fertilization
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Derived Forms

  • aˈgamically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • a·gami·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of agamic1

1840–50; < Greek ágam ( os ) unwed ( a- a- 6 + gámos marriage) + -ic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of agamic1

C19: from Greek agamos unmarried, from a- 1+ gamos marriage
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Example Sentences

Asexual, a-seks′ū-al, adj. without sex, once applied to cryptogams—agamic.

Budding: applied to that form of agamic reproduction found in plant lice.

Stem-mother: in plant lice; that form hatching from the winter egg, which starts a series of agamic summer generations.

Finally, they may become infested with cystic tapeworms or the agamic stage of a strongyle (Strongylus edentatus).

Pseudovary: the organ or mass of germ cells of an agamic insect.

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