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parthenogenesis
parthenogenesis is a 15-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
15 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 24 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.
- 2noun
The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle.
- 3noun
process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods
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- 4noun
human conception without fertilization by a man
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