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polembryony

polembryony is the archaic form of polyembryony.

Meaning of polyembryony

Noun

polyembryony (uncountable)

  1. The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.
    • By its nature, that is whether it develops with or without fertilization, simple polyembryony can be sexual or asexual.2012, B. M. Johri, Embryology of Angiosperms, →ISBN, page 447
  2. The production of two or more embryos from a single fertilized egg.
    • In all these groups cloning, where it occurs, must be through polyembryony or parthenogenesis.1989, Roger Neville Hughes, Functional Biology of Clonal Animals, →ISBN, page 90

Questions about polembryony

What is polembryony the archaic form of?
Polembryony is the archaic form of polyembryony.

Words near polembryony in the dictionary

  1. polelike
  2. polem-
  3. poleman
  4. polemarch
  5. polemarchs
  6. polembryony
  7. polemen
  8. polemic
  9. polemical
  10. polemicall
  11. polemically

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