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MONOGENESIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does monogenesis mean?

• MONOGENESIS (noun)
The noun MONOGENESIS has 1 sense:

1. asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores

Familiarity information: MONOGENESIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MONOGENESIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

monogenesis; sporulation

Hypernyms ("monogenesis" is a kind of...):

agamogenesis; asexual reproduction (reproduction without the fusion of gametes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monogenesis"):

heterospory (the development of both microspores and megaspores)

homospory (the development of a single kind of asexual spores)

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