agamic

[ uh-gam-ik ]

adjective

1. Biology.
   1. asexual.
   2. occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.
2. Botany, Mycology. cryptogamic.

agamic

/ əˈɡæmɪk /

adjective

1. asexual; occurring or reproducing without fertilization

Derived Forms

• aˈgamically, adverb

Other Words From

• a·gami·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of agamic¹

1840–50; < Greek ágam ( os ) unwed ( a- a- ⁶ + gámos marriage) + -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of agamic¹

C19: from Greek agamos unmarried, from a- ¹+ gamos marriage

Example Sentences

These summer forms are known as the stem mothers or agamic females.

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Stem-mother: in plant lice; that form hatching from the winter egg, which starts a series of agamic summer generations.

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Mathematics should be taught only in its rudiments, and those with special talents or tastes for it should go to agamic schools.

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Common apple aphis showing a winged and wingless agamic summer forms at a and c, one with wing pads formed at b, and a recently born young at d.

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Budding: applied to that form of agamic reproduction found in plant lice.

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