self-fertilization
noun
fertilization of an ovum of a plant by a male gamete from the same flower (opposed to cross-fertilization).
self-fertilizing
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a word derived from
self-fertilization.
Example Sentences
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Anatomically female but capable of self-fertilizing with their own supply of sperm, hermaphrodites remain emphatically uninterested in mating -- until their sperm supply runs dry.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
When these plants self-fertilized, the outcome was just like the F1 self-fertilizing cross.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
He added that a single hermaphroditic, self-fertilizing jeffdanielsi can produce 160 babies in its lifespan.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2022
The World Economic Forum and Scientific American team up to highlight technological advances that could change the world--from self-fertilizing crops, on-demand drug manufacturing, breath-sensing diagnostics to 3D-printed houses.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 14, 2021
Some mutant grapes that normally would have had separate male and female individuals also became self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
