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SELF-POLLINATING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of self-pollination

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Pertainym:

self-pollination (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb self-pollinate

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