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Answer for the clue "Alternation of sexual and asexual generations ", 9 letters:
digenesis

Word definitions for digenesis in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Digenesis \Di*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) The alternation of sexual and asexual methods of reproduction.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. alternation of sexual and asexual generations [syn: metagenesis ]