digenesis

Noun
Synonyms: metagenesis

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. alternation of sexual and asexual generationsSynonyms: metagenesis
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Digenesis \Di*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis. [1913 Webster]
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