self-compatible

American

[self-kuhm-pat-uh-buhl] / ˌsɛlf kəmˈpæt ə bəl /

adjective

Botany.

(of a plant species or cultivar) able to be fertilized by its own pollen.

self-compatible British

adjective

(of a plant) capable of self-fertilization

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Other Word Forms

self-compatibility

noun

Etymology

Origin of self-compatible

First recorded in 1915–20; self- ( def. ) + compatible (in the sense “capable of cross-pollinating”)

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