apomict

[ ap-uh-mikt ]

noun

, Biology.

1. an organism produced by apomixis.

apomict

/ ˈæpəˌmɪkt /

noun

1. an organism, esp a plant, produced by apomixis

Word History and Origins

Origin of apomict¹

1935–40; back formation from apomictic, equivalent to apo- + Greek mikt ( os ) mixed + -ic

Example Sentences

In 2015, Ozias-Akins and her colleagues identified the function of one of them in a natural apomict, the grass Pennisetum squamulatum.

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