embryony

Noun

embryony (countable and uncountable, plural embryonies)

1. The formation of an embryo; embryogenesis.
   • Whether flowers were pollinated or not, autonomous egg and antipodal embryonies occurred at nearly equal frequencies and progressed almost synchronously for several days.1992 March, A. Kojima, Y. Nagato, “Pseudogamous embryogenesis and the degree of parthenogenesis in Allium tuberosum”, in Sexual Plant Reproduction, volume 5, number 1
   • Nucellar embryony allows citrus rootstock breeders to produce F1 hybrids that are highly heterozygous, but produce seedlings that are genetically uniform and identical to the mother tree.2007, Iqrar A. Khan, Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, →ISBN, page 142