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SELF-FERTILIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-fertilization mean? 

SELF-FERTILIZATION (noun)
  The noun SELF-FERTILIZATION has 1 sense:

1. fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individualplay

  Familiarity information: SELF-FERTILIZATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SELF-FERTILIZATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

self-fertilisation; self-fertilization

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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