Apogamy \A*pog"a*my\, n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. ? marriage.] (Bot.) The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or o["o]spore. --De Bary.
apogamy n : (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization