What is "apogamy"

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.

n. (context botany English) asexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud.

n. (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization