polyembryony
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noun
The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.
Polyembryony in a sentence
By its nature, that is whether it develops with or without fertilization, simple polyembryony can be sexual or asexual.
Polyembryony was first reported by Leeuwenhoek in citrus as early as 1719 and the different cases of polyembryony were studied by Braun in 1859.
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