apomixis
noun
apomixis is a noun meaning “Plant reproduction without fertilization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-P-O-M-I-X-I-S, and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of apomixis is apomixes.
What does apomixis mean?
noun
- 1
Plant reproduction without fertilization.
- 2
Plant reproduction without fertilization, meiosis, or the production of gametes.
- 3
Animal reproduction in which the egg cell does not undergo meiosis or fertilization.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of apomixis
- apomixes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is apomixis?
Apomixis appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Apomixis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant reproduction without fertilization, meiosis, or the production of gametes:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does apomixis come from?
From German Apomixis, from apo- + mixis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).