self-fertilization (Botany)
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(n.)
Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutSelf-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
autogamy
\au*tog"a*my\ (&?;), n. [auto- + gr. &?; marriage.] (bot.) self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
Noun
1. self-fertilization in plants
(antonym) allogamy
(hypernym) self-fertilization, self-fertilisation
