SELF-FERTILIZATION
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 individual
Familiarity information: SELF-FERTILIZATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SELF-FERTILIZATION (noun)
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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