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(especially in some ferns) development of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization
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apogamy
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n. (context botany English) asexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud.
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Apogamy \A*pog"a*my\, n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. ? marriage.] (Bot.) The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or o["o]spore. --De Bary.
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n. (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization