polyembryonic

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ embryonic.

Adjective

polyembryonic (not comparable)

1. (botany) Polyembryonate.
   • 2009, Richard E. Litz, The Mango: Botany, Production and Uses, →ISBN, page 369:

     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.

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

     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.

References

• “polyembryonic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.