Digenesis

n.

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(Biol.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; - by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.

Noun

1.

digenesis - alternation of sexual and asexual generations Synonyms: metagenesis

alternation of generations, heterogenesis, metagenesis, xenogenesis