Definitions for apogamies

apogamies a·pog·a·my

Spelling: [uh-pog-uh-mee]
IPA: /əˈpɒg ə mi/

Apogamies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 381 anagrams from letters in apogamies (aaegimops).

Definitions for apogamies

noun

  1. the asexual development of a sporophyte from a cell or cells of the gametophyte other than the egg.

Origin of apogamies

First recorded in 1875-80; apo- + -gamy

Examples for apogamies

apogamy, of course, answers to indiscriminate isolation, or separate breeding.

Isolation, then, is a genus, of which apogamy and Homogamy are species.

Other names for indiscriminate isolation are separate breeding and apogamy.

Word Value for apogamies
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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