vegetative reproduction

American  

[vej-i-tay-tiv ree-pruh-duhk-shuhn] / ˈvɛdʒ ɪˌteɪ tɪv ˌri prəˈdʌk ʃən /

noun

1. Botany. a type of asexual reproduction in which a plant, identical to its parent plant, grows from a part of the parent, such as a root, runner, or leaf, but not from a seed.

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vegetative reproduction Scientific  

1. A form of asexual reproduction in plants, in which multicellular structures become detached from the parent plant and develop into new individuals that are genetically identical to the parent plant. For example, liverworts and mosses form small clumps of tissue (called gemmae) that are dispersed by splashing raindrops to form new plants. Bulbs, corms, offsets, rhizomes, runners, suckers, and tubers are all important means of vegetative reproduction and propagation in cultivated plants.

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Example Sentences

Because vegetative reproduction does not involve seed formation, a single plant can reproduce quickly.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

Many flowering plants can also reproduce asexually by a process known as vegetative reproduction.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

The gemma is found most frequently in the liverworts and mosses, and is highly characteristic of these plants, in which indeed vegetative reproduction maybe said to reach its fullest and most varied extent.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various

First, then, I will point out some of the modes of vegetative reproduction.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various

If, for purposes of vegetative reproduction, we select pieces of the same parent-plant of a pure species, the second type of variation predominates.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)