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Webster 1913 Edition


Polyembryony

Polˊy-em′bry-o-ny

,
Noun.
[See
Poly-
, and
Embryo
.]
(Bot.)
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.

Definition 2024


polyembryony

polyembryony

English

Noun

polyembryony (uncountable)

  1. (botany) 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.

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References

  • polyembryony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913