Nonsexual (Adjective)
Meaning
Not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The reproduction of certain plants can be nonsexual by producing seeds that develop without fertilization.
- In biology, the nonsexual forms of reproduction involve only one parent and no gametes are exchanged.
- The nonsexual cycle of certain species allows them to regenerate lost body parts.
- Some species, like most fungi and some plants, reproduce nonsexually through various forms of spores.
- Nonsexual characteristics in some species determine the different forms they can take despite having the same genetic makeup.