self-pollination
noun
the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the same flower, another flower on the same plant, or the flower of a plant of the same clone.
self-pollinated
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a word derived from
self-pollination.
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a word form of
self-pollinate.
self-pollinateverb (used with or without object)to undergo or cause to undergo self-pollination.
Example Sentences
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The stocks were true-breeding, meaning that when self-pollinated, the offspring had the same traits as the parents.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
First of all, cotton is self-pollinated rather than wind-pollinated, so that the spread of the Bt gene is of less concern.
From Time Magazine Archive
For inbreeding, the tassels and silk are protected by paper bags until maturity, and the plants are then self-pollinated by hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
By selecting isolated trees for this mating, the nuts would either be self-pollinated or a cross of the desirable varieties.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association
This is done even with such species as the clover, which are infertile when self-pollinated, and which are incapable of artificial pollination on the required scale, since each flower produces only one seed.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
