self-fertile
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of self-fertile
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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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
The fertilisation of the flowers with their own pollen was superfluous, as this convolvulus is highly self-fertile; but I acted in this manner to make the experiments correspond in all respects.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
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