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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amphimixis /ˌamfɪˈmɪksɪs/

▶noun Botany sexual reproduction involving the fusion of two different gametes to form a zygote. Often contrasted with apomixis.

– derivatives
amphimictic adjective.

– origin C19: from amphi- + Gk mixis ‘mingling’.

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