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adjective
lacking sex or functional sex organs
asexual plants
involving or reproducing by reproductive processes (such as cell division, spore formation, fission (see fission entry 1 sense 2), or budding (see bud entry 2 sense intransitive 3)) that do not involve the union of individuals or gametes an asexual generation
asexual reproduction
produced by asexual reproduction
asexual spores
not involving, involved with, or relating to sex : devoid of sexuality
an asexual relationship
not having sexual feelings toward others : not experiencing sexual desire or attraction
In general, an asexual person does not feel or otherwise experience any sexual attraction, according to The Asexual Visibility & Education Network (AVEN). Basically, it is an inborn absence of sexual desire.—Lindsay E. Mack
not having or showing a particular sexual identity : neither male nor female
… parents who first encounter the world of Pokemon through their youngsters may have no idea what this land of soft, rounded, asexual creatures is or what drives it.—Vince Horiuchi
"无性地,无配子地",1857年; 参见 asexual + -ly(2)。
see sexual
The first known use of asexual was in 1795
ashoreadverb
on or to the shore
ash1 of 2noun
any of a genus of trees related to the olive and having bark with grooves and ridges and winged seeds
the hard strong wood of an ash
ash2 of 2noun
the solid that remains after material is thoroughly burned or is oxidized by chemical means
fine particles of mineral matter from a volcanic vent
plural the remains of something destroyed : ruins
plural the remains of the dead human body especially after cremation
ash1 of 2noun
any of a genus of trees related to the olive and having bark with grooves and ridges and winged seeds
the hard strong wood of an ash
ash2 of 2noun
the solid that remains after material is thoroughly burned or is oxidized by chemical means
fine particles of mineral matter from a volcanic vent
plural the remains of something destroyed : ruins
plural the remains of the dead human body especially after cremation
ashenadjective
of the color of ashes
deadly pale
ashen with fear
ashamedadjective
feeling shame, guilt, or disgrace
ashamed of my behavior
kept from doing something by an expectation of shame
ashamed to beg
ash1 of 2noun
any of a genus of trees related to the olive and having bark with grooves and ridges and winged seeds
the hard strong wood of an ash
ash2 of 2noun
the solid that remains after material is thoroughly burned or is oxidized by chemical means
fine particles of mineral matter from a volcanic vent
plural the remains of something destroyed : ruins
plural the remains of the dead human body especially after cremation
asexualadjective
lacking sex
asexual organisms
occurring or formed without the production and union of two kinds of gametes asexual spores
asexual reproduction
not involving or relating to sex or sexual feelings an asexual person
an asexual relationship
neither male nor female
1 Fungi can reproduce asexually by releasing spores or simply breaking off a hypha or budding off a cell.
2 Many invertebrates and some vertebrates can also reproduce asexually.
3 There are several ways that animals reproduce asexually, the details of which vary among individual species.
4 Many fungi can reproduce asexually.
很多真菌可以无性繁殖。
5 Then in 1966, a paper was published in Science claiming that ferns, many of which reproduce asexually, gained an evolutionary advantage from genome duplication.
6 The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Monday that researchers don’t know yet whether the hybrid will be able to reproduce asexually from seed, making a genetic copy of itself.
7 In asexually propagated species, variability resulting from recombination may be severely limited, or even precluded.
在无性繁殖物种中, 重组产生的变异可能受到严重限制, 甚至受到阻止.
8 Once thawed, it was able to reproduce asexually, after spending millennia in a state of frozen animation known as crytobiosis.
9 The Vuvv, who reproduce asexually, have a fixation on human dating culture and romance.
10 “Yes. Removing only the leaves you need, leaving the rest to continue growing. And the yeast reproduces on its own asexually using budding.”
11 Clonal organisms can escape age-related deterioration “by asexually replicating its units,” so that while parts may die off “the whole colony can remain fully functional through time.”
12 Echinoderms may also reproduce asexually through regeneration from body parts.
13 Female aphids born in summer reproduce asexually, by cloning themselves, whereas those born in autumn lay eggs.
14 Julius has a knack for science — he studies how worms regenerate asexually — but he’s no nerd.
15 Paramecia and most ciliates reproduce asexually by mitotic cell division.
16 Female animals can also reproduce asexually to take advantage of a favourable change in conditions.
17 If it successfully penetrates a snail, the miracidium reproduces asexually and produces thousands of new forms called “cercariae,” which then leave the snail and have 12 hours to find the final host.
18 Vandegrift said, noting that it can reproduce one of two ways: using spores and sometimes asexually.
19 Within a new host the parasite begins dividing asexually and spreading throughout the host's body.
20 It also multiplies at an alarming rate; the female can reproduce asexually, creating offspring on her own.