What is the meaning of Parthenogenesis?

Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction:

  1. (An instance of) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare monogenesis, metagenesis, and heterogamy.
  2. Asexual reproduction in toto; agamogenesis.

(An instance of) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare monogenesis, metagenesis, and heterogamy.

Asexual reproduction in toto; agamogenesis.

figurative uses of the biological senses

Virgin birth, in reference to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.

Source: wiktionary.org