text: 1 : lacking sex or functional sex organs <asexual plants>\n2 a : involving or reproducing by reproductive processes (as cell division, spore formation, fission, or budding) that do not involve the union of individuals or germ cells <asexual reproduction> <an asexual generation> b : produced by asexual reproduction <asexual spores>\n3 : devoid of sexuality <an asexual relationship>