Agamic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agamic \A*gam"ic\, a. [{Agamous}.]
     (a) (Biol.) Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or
         unfertilized eggs.
     (b) Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless
         plants; agamous.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  agamic
       adj : (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and
             female gametes in reproduction [syn: {agamous}, {agamogenetic},
              {apomictic}, {parthenogenetic}]