An alternate form meaning the same as apogamic; reproducing asexually without fertilization or mating.
From apogamy + -ous (adjective suffix, from Latin -osus). A variant of apogamic using classical adjectival formation.
Apogamous plants are nature's rugged individualists—they've opted out of the mating game entirely, and their success shows that sexual reproduction, while universal in animals, is actually optional for plants.
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