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Definitions of parthenogenesis

The word parthenogenesis uses 15 letters: a, e, e, e, g, h, i, n, n, o, p, r, s, s, t

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Meanings of parthenogenesis

n. - The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.

n. - The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle.

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