asexual reproduction
- reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes.
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Dictionary.com Unabridged
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asexual reproduction
- Reproduction occurring without the sexual union of male and female gametes.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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asexual reproduction
[ā-sĕk′shōō-əl]
- See under reproduction.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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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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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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