polyembryonic

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adjective

Polyembryonate.

OriginEnglish embryonic ← Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s) ← Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús →
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Meanings

adjectivepolyembryonic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyPolyembryonate.

    Polyembryony is common in mango cultivars that originated and are grown in the moist tropics. In Knight et al. (Chapter 3, this volume), there is a survey of the major polyembryonic and monoembryonic mango cultivars.

    2009, Richard E. Litz, The Mango: Botany, Production and Uses, →ISBN, page 369
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    However, the phenomenon of sporadic polyembryony might be underreported for many sexual species because, to my knowledge, no one has searched methodically- using suitable genetic markers- for polyembryonic (clonemate) progeny in nature.

    2013, John Avise, Evolutionary Perspectives on Pregnancy, →ISBN, page 157

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Englishembryonic
  6. Englishpolyembryonic

From poly- + embryonic.

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APA

polyembryonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyembryonic

MLA

“polyembryonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyembryonic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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