partheno-

1. a combining form meaning “without fertilization,” used in the formation of compound words:

   parthenogenesis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of partheno-¹

< Greek, combining form representing parthénos maiden

Example Sentences

Who can account for "Partheno Genesis," or generation without any known sexual organs, which obtains in the animal kingdom.

From Project Gutenberg

Ripe asexually produced daughter-individual of Volvox minor, Stein, still enclosed in the cyst of the partheno-gonidium.

From Project Gutenberg