Definition of Apogamic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization.

Exact synonyms: Apogametic, Apogamous
Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Partainyms: Apogamy, Apogamy, Apogamy
Derivative terms: Apogamy, Apogamy

Definition of Apogamic

1. a. Relating to apogamy.

Definition of Apogamic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to apogamy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apogamic

1. apogamy [adj] - See also: apogamy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apogamic

apodous
apods
apoenzyme
apoenzymes
apoferment
apoferments
apoferritin
apoferritins
apofocus
apogaeic
apogalactic
apogalacticon
apogametic
apogamia
apogamic (current term)
apogamies
apogamous
apogeal
apogean
apogees
apogeic
apogeotropic
apogeotropism
apogonid
apogonids
apograph
apographs

Literary usage of Apogamic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"Ostenfeld and Raunkiaer, in Heft 3 of the current volume of Botanisk Tidsskrift, show that Hieracium, like Taraxacum, appears to be apogamic,— a peculiarity ..."

2. Botanisches Zentralblatt by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1903)
"... had discovered female plants of T. vulgäre among the hermaphrodite ones and that T. paludosum had been found female only and probably must be apogamic. ..."

3. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum (1885)
"Zeitung of January, De Bary reiterates his belief in the apogamic character of the reproduction and denies the validity of ..."

4. Botanische Zeitung (1906)
"Treub, M., L'apogamic de l'Elatostema acuminatum Brongn. 35. Trotter, A., Sulla struttura istologica di un mico- ..."

5. Éléments de botanique by Pierre Etienne Simon Duchartre (1885)
"... la théorie ne supplique pas, on s'en tire en disant que la sexualité y est perdue, qu'il ya apogamic. Appuyé sur un grand nombre d'observations ..."

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