asexual

/eɪˈsɛkʃ(əw)əl/
/eɪˈsɛkʃuəl/
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Definitions of asexual
  1. adjective
    not having or involving sex
    “an asexual spore”
    “asexual reproduction”
    synonyms: nonsexual
    agamic, agamogenetic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic
    (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
    fissiparous
    reproducing by fission
    neuter, sexless
    having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
    vegetal, vegetative
    (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes
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    antonyms:
    sexual
    having or involving sex
    intersexual
    existing or occurring between the sexes
    sexed
    having sexual differentiation
    unisexual
    relating to only one sex or having only one type of sexual organ; not hermaphroditic
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