Apogamy

2 definitions found

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

  Apogamy \A*pog"a*my\, n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. ? marriage.] (Bot.)
     The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or
     o["o]spore. --De Bary.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  apogamy
       n : (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization;
           especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte
           from the gametophyte without fertilization