monogenesis

Meanings

Plural: monogeneses

Noun

• asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores
• The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple.
• The theory that all languages, or a particular set of languages, originated from a single source.
• Development of the ovum from a parent like itself.
• Development of the ovum from a parent like itself.
• Asexual/nonsexual reproduction, which involves only one parent.
• The emergence from a single cause or origin.

Synonyms

sporulation

Antonyms

polygenesis

Related Words

metagenesis, parthenogenesis