agamic

Also ag·a·mous

[uh-gam-ik]

adjective

1. Biology.

   1. asexual.

   2. occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.

2. Botany, Mycology.,  cryptogamic.

agamic

/ əˈɡæmɪk /

adjective

1. asexual; occurring or reproducing without fertilization

Other Word Forms

• agamically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of agamic¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of agamic¹

C19: from Greek agamos unmarried, from _a- ¹ + gamos marriage

Example Sentences

These summer forms are known as the stem mothers or agamic females.

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

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These institutions may perhaps come to be training stations of a new-old type, the agamic or even agenic woman, be she nut, maid—old or young—nun, school-teacher, or bachelor woman.

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Common apple aphis showing a winged and wingless agamic summer forms at a and c, one with wing pads formed at b, and a recently born young at d.

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

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