self-pollinate
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of self-pollinate
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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This allows them to self-pollinate instead of relying on birds, insects or other pollinators.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023
In rice, seed companies must first develop a strain of plants that can’t self-pollinate.
From Science Magazine • May 17, 2023
The Reginas do not self-pollinate, which is why Fowler needs bees to pick up pollen from other varieties interspersed in the rows — and drop it in the Regina blossoms.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022
Most flowers are monoecious or bisexual, which means that they carry both stamens and carpels; only a few species self-pollinate.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The work is painstaking and very slow ” Phil Lambdon, Kew Gardens But even then because there are no other individuals in existence, the tree must self-pollinate, which it stubbornly resists.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2010
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