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asexual

DEFINITIONS OF: asexual

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adj not having or involving sex

“an asexual spore”
asexual reproduction”
Synonyms:
nonsexual
agamic, agamogenetic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic
(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
fissiparous
reproducing by fission
neuter, sexless
having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
vegetal, vegetative
(of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
Antonyms:
sexual
having or involving sex
intersexual
existing or occurring between the sexes
sexed
having sexual differentiation
unisexual
relating to only one sex or having only one type of sexual organ; not hermaphroditic
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