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Meaning of POLYEMBRYONY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pol`y*em"bry*o*ny\, n. [See {Poly-}, and
{Embryo}.] (Bot.)
The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either
to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic
sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic
sac.
 
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