Definitions for apogamy

apogamy a·pog·a·my

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

Apogamy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in apogamy (aagmopy).

Definitions for apogamy

noun

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

Origin of apogamy

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

Examples for apogamy

Other names for indiscriminate isolation are separate breeding and apogamy.

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

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

Word Value for apogamy
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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