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The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.

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  1. n. The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.
  2. n. (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization
  3. The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary.
  4. The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule oroöspore. De Bary.
  5. n (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization