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

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

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

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

In the vegetative reproduction of this Veronica the torsion appeared in the first, also in the second and third year, but with diminishing intensity.

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

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)