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apomictic

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ap·o·mict  (p-mkt)
n.
A plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis.
[Back-formation from apomictic, produced by apomixis : apo- + Greek miktos, mixed (from mignunai, mig-, to mix; see apomixis).]
apo·mictic adj.
apo·mictic·al·ly adv.
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Adj.1.apomictic - of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis
apomictical
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
2.apomictic - (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
agamic, agamogenetic, agamous, parthenogenetic
asexual, nonsexual - not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction"


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