self-fertilization

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(self′fûr′tl ə zā′shən, self′-)


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self-fer•ti•li•za•tion  (self′fûr′tl ə zā′shən, self′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Botany, Developmental Biologyfertilization of an ovum of a plant by a male gamete from the same flower (opposed to cross-fertilization).
  2. Developmental Biology, Zoology[Zool.]fertilization of the ovum of a hermaphroditic animal by a sperm from the same individual, as in some species of tapeworm.
  • 1855–60
self′-fer′ti•lized′, adj. 

'self-fertilization' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
autogamy - cross-fertilization - self-fertile - self-sterile

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