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Meaning of DIGENESIS

Pronunciation:  dI'jenisis

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  alternation of sexual and asexual generations
 

DIGENESIS is a 9 letter word that starts with D.

 

 Synonyms: metagenesis
 
 See Also: alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Di*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.)
The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated
by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See
{Parthenogenesis}.

 

 

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