self-sterile

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(self′steril or, esp. Brit., -īl, self-)


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self-ster•ile  (self′steril or, esp. Brit., -īl, self-),USA pronunciation adj. [Zool.]
  1. Developmental Biology, Zoologyincapable of self-fertilization.
  • 1875–80


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