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asexual reproduction

[ ey-sek-shoo-uhl ree-pruh-duhk-shuhn ]

noun

Biology.
  1. reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes.

asexual reproduction

  1. See under reproduction

asexual reproduction

  1. The kind of reproduction in which it is not necessary to have two parents to produce offspring. The reproduction of single-celled organisms through fission, and the production of spores in some plants and plantlike organisms, are examples of asexual reproduction.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of asexual reproduction1

First recorded in 18455–60
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