agamospermic

adjective

agamo·​sper·​mic

(ˈ)ā-¦ga-mə-¦spər-mik,

¦a-gə-mō-

variants or less commonly agamospermous

(ˈ)ā-¦ga-mə-¦spər-məs,

¦a-gə-mō-

: exhibiting or reproducing by agamospermy

Word History

Etymology

agamo- + -spermic, -spermous, after German agamosperm

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

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