1. (n.) 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.

2. (n.) The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embrionic vesicle.

abiogenesis archigenesis biogenesis birth blastogenesis development digenesis epigenesis eumerogenesis generation genesis heterogenesis histogenesis homogenesis isogenesis merogenesis metagenesis monogenesis orthogenesis pangenesis procreation spontaneous generation