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SELF-FERTILIZATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual

Synonyms:

self-fertilisation; self-fertilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("self-fertilization" is a kind of...):

fecundation; fertilisation; fertilization; impregnation (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-fertilization"):

autogamy (self-fertilization in plants)

Antonym:

cross-fertilization (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)

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