Definitions for agamic

agamic a·gam·ic

Spelling: [uh-gam-ik]
IPA: /əˈgæm ɪk/

Agamic is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in agamic (aacgim).

Definitions for agamic

adjective

  1. Biology. asexual. occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.
  2. Botany, Mycology. cryptogamic.

Origin of agamic

1840-50; Greek ágam(os) unwed (a- a-6 + gámos marriage) + -ic

Examples for agamic

Stem-mother: in plant lice; that form hatching from the winter egg, which starts a series of agamic summer generations.

Pseudovary: the organ or mass of germ cells of an agamic insect.

Budding: applied to that form of agamic reproduction found in plant lice.

Finally, they may become infested with cystic tapeworms or the agamic stage of a strongyle (Strongylus edentatus).

These summer forms are known as the stem mothers or agamic females.

Word Value for agamic
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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