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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SELF-FERTILIZATION

SELF-FERTILIZATION Self `-fer `ti *li *za "tion, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower and without outer aid; autogamy.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

self-fertilization

self-fer ti li za tion ▶noun Biology the fertilization of plants and some invertebrate animals by their own pollen or sperm rather than that of another individual. DERIVATIVES self-fer ti lized adjective, self-fer ti liz ing adjective

 

Oxford Dictionary

self-fertilization

self-fertilization |sɛlffəːtɪlʌɪˈzeɪʃ (ə )n |(also self-fertilisation ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] Biology the fertilization of plants and some invertebrate animals by their own pollen or sperm rather than that of another individual. DERIVATIVES self-fertilized adjective, self-fertilizing adjective