adjective
- Relating to or characterized by apogamy; reproducing asexually without the fusion of gametes.
Usage: botanical/biological term; used in botany and plant biology
Examples
- Some fern species are apogamous and can reproduce without spores fusing.
- Apogamous plants bypass the typical sexual reproduction cycle.
- The apogamous reproduction method allows certain plants to clone themselves.
- Researchers studied apogamous mechanisms in various plant species.
- This apogamous fern produces offspring genetically identical to the parent.