polyembryony

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.
2. noun The production of two or more embryos from a single fertilized egg.

Similar words

monembryony polycotyledon multiple birth polycyesis monoecy polycotyly multiple fruit polysomia polymastism polyspory

Often followed by

in is and of occurs

Word family

polyembryonic polyembryonies