sexual generation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sexual generation
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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In this chapter we clearly see that variability is not necessarily contingent on sexual generation, though much more frequently its concomitant than on bud-reproduction.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Darwin, Charles
I have used the word “beget,” of what, I am told, is asexual generation, whereas the word should be confined to sexual generation only.
From Life and Habit by Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander)
On the crab being devoured by the right species of Cephalopod, the merozoites doubtless give rise to the sexual generation again.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
By the opening of the capsule the spores are set free, and under suitable conditions germinate and give rise to the sexual generation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
In such a typical moss as Funaria, we have the following cycle of developments: The sexual generation is a dioecious leafy structure, having a central elongated axis, with leaves arranged regularly around and along it.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
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