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

A considerable number of plants which have evidently been specially modified for insect fertilisation have, by further modification, become quite self-fertile.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel