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self-fertilization

Syllabification: (self-fer·ti·li·za·tion)
Definition of self-fertilization

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

self-fertilization in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of self-fertilization in the British & World English dictionary