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Meaning of AGAMOUS

Pronunciation:  'agumus

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 Definition: [adj]  (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
 
 Synonyms: agamic, agamogenetic, asexual, nonsexual, parthenogenetic
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ag"a*mous\, a. [Gr. 'a`gamos unmarried; 'a priv. +
ga`mos marriage.] (Biol.)
Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In Bot.,
cryptogamous.
 



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