SELF-POLLINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-pollination mean? 

• SELF-POLLINATION (noun)
  The noun SELF-POLLINATION has 1 sense:

1. fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-POLLINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

pollenation; pollination (transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant)

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

cleistogamy (the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers)

Antonym:

cross-pollination (fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another)