AUTOGAMY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Self-fertilization in plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("autogamy" is a kind of...):

self-fertilisation; self-fertilization (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual)

Antonym:

allogamy (cross-fertilization in plants)

Derivation:

autogamic; autogamous (characterized by or fit for autogamy)

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