agamous (agamus)

[ άγαμος, without marriage, marriage, unmarried, a- -2. In zoöl., having no distinguishable sexual + γάμος, marriage.] 1. In bot., organs. See agamic, 1. [Rare.] 107 The molluscan race are divided into two branches, the phanerogamous and the agamous or cryptogamic. Johnston, Introd. to Conchol. agamy (ag'a-mi), n. [ άγαμος : see agamous.] Non-marriage; abstention from marriage, or rejection or non-recognition of the requirement of marriage in the relation of the sexes.