Digenesis

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

  Digenesis \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}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  digenesis
       n : alternation of sexual and asexual generations [syn: {metagenesis}]