See Also: Apogamy(medicine)
apogamy(dictionary)

Nez Perce (iou) and apogamy (iou)


Nez Perce (iou)



Nez Perce adjectival & noun phr. . E19.
[French, lit. 'pierced nose'.]
A. adjective. Designating or pertaining to a Penutian people of north-western N. America or their language. E19.
b. noun. Pl. -s, same.
A member of the Nez Perce people. M19.
The language of the Nez Perce people. M20.
? Cf. Pierced Nose s.v. PIERCED.

apogamy (iou)



apogamy noun. L19.
[from APO- + -GAMY.]
Botany. Asexual reproduction; spec. the production in some ferns etc. of a sporophyte directly from a prothallus without the union of gametes.
apogamous adjective characterized by or of the Nature of apogamy L19.
apogamously adverb L19.