self-pollination

self-pollination

See also: self pollination

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English pollination
English self-pollination

    From self- + pollination.

    Noun

    self-pollination (countable and uncountable, plural self-pollinations)

    1. Pollination of a flower by its own pollen, in a flower that has both stamens and a pistil.

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