a. Biol. [f. A- pref. 14 + SEXUAL.] Not sexual, without sex. In Bot. formerly applied to cryptogams; cf. agamic.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., Introd. 19. Asexual plants are flowerless.
1858. Lewes, Sea-side Studies, 289. Reproducing themselves by sexual and asexual methods.
