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AGAMETE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An asexual reproductive cell
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("agamete" is a kind of...):
reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agamete"):
spore (a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion)
Derivation:
agamic ((of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction)
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