self-fertile

American  

[self-fur-tl, -tahyl, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈfɜr tl, -taɪl, ˈsɛlf- /

adjective

Zoology.

1. capable of self-fertilization.

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Etymology

Origin of self-fertile

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Even self-fertile varieties, Olson says, will produce much more fruit with a little help from its friends.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

While some varieties may be self-fertile, many fruit trees require a second variety blooming simultaneously for cross-pollination, so you’ll need space for not one, but two plants.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

While many container varieties are self-fertile, you’ll get even more fruit when you grow more than one variety.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2021

When both mating types are present in the same mycelium, it is called homothallic, or self-fertile.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

There are quite a number of varieties, however, that mature both types of blossoms simultaneously, in which the variety is self-fertile and will produce crops, even if isolated from other trees of the species.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association