Definition of reproduction

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of reproduction is as below...

Reproduction (n.) the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.

Lern More About Reproduction

Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle..
Budding :: Budding (n.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See Hydroidea..
Fissigemmation :: Fissigemmation (n.) A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation.
Blossom :: Blossom (n.) The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom..
Cast :: Cast (n.) That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting..
Prolification :: Prolification (n.) Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemmae..
Monogenesis :: Monogenesis (n.) That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction..
Asexual :: Asexual (a.) Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation..
Air :: Air (n.) The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed.
Generation :: Generation (n.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which attend reproduction.
Tritozooid :: Tritozooid (n.) A zooid of the third generation in asexual reproduction.
Zoogamy :: Zoogamy (n.) The sexual reproduction of animals.
Protoplast :: Protoplast (n.) The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original.
Cliche :: Cliche (n.) A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief..
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia..
Gemma :: Gemma (n.) A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell..
Schizo- :: Schizo- () A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as, schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division..
Fissipation :: Fissipation (n.) Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.
Scissiparity :: Scissiparity (n.) Reproduction by fission.
Flower :: Flower (n.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us