asexual reproduction

[ ey-sek-shoo-uhl ree-pruh-duhk-shuhn ]

nounBiology.
  1. reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes.

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Origin of asexual reproduction

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First recorded in 18455–60

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Scientific definitions for asexual reproduction

asexual reproduction

[ ā-sĕkshōō-əl ]


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Cultural definitions for asexual reproduction

asexual reproduction

[ (ay-sek-shooh-uhl) ]


The kind of reproduction in which it is not necessary to have two parents to produce offspring. The reproduction of single-celled organisms through fission, and the production of spores in some plants and plantlike organisms, are examples of asexual reproduction.

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