apomixis

[ ap-uh-mik-sis ]

noun,plural ap·o·mix·es [ap-uh-mik-seez]. /ˌæp əˈmɪk siz/. Biology.
  1. any of several types of asexual reproduction, as apogamy or parthenogenesis.

Origin of apomixis

1
1910–15; <New Latin <Greek apo-apo- + míxis a mixing, equivalent to mig(nýnai) to mix + -sis-sis

Other words from apomixis

  • ap·o·mic·tic [ap-uh-mik-tik], /ˌæp əˈmɪk tɪk/, ap·o·mic·ti·cal, adjective
  • ap·o·mic·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for apomixis

apomixis

/ (ˌæpəˈmɪksɪs) /


nounplural -mixes (-ˈmɪksiːz)
  1. (esp in plants) any of several types of asexual reproduction, such as parthenogenesis and apogamy, in which fertilization does not take place: Compare amphimixis

Origin of apomixis

1
C20: New Latin, from Greek apo- + mixis a mixing

Derived forms of apomixis

  • apomictic, adjective

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Scientific definitions for apomixis

apomixis

[ ăp′ə-mĭksĭs ]


  1. The development of an embryo without the occurrence of fertilization. Parthenogenesis is one form of apomixis. In plants, another form of apomixis also occurs, in which the embryo develops from the somatic cells of the ovule surrounding the embryo sac, not from the egg cell within the embryo sac itself. Such embryos are clones of the parent plant, and valuable cultivars of plants such as the fig are propagated using seeds produced through this kind of apomixis.

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