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Pollination of a flower by its own pollen, in a flower that has both stamens and a pistil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: cross-pollination
Broader terms: pollination, pollenation
Narrower terms: cleistogamy
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English pollination English self-pollination From self- + pollination.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
самоопрашване
(samooprašvane)
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Catalan:
autopol·linització
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Finnish:
itsepölytys
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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French:
auto-pollinisation
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Georgian:
თვითდამტვერვა
(tvitdamṭverva)
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Georgian:
თვითპოლინაცია
(tvitṗolinacia)
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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German:
Selbstbestäubung
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Hindi:
स्वपरागण
(svaprāgaṇ)
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Italian:
autoimpollinazione
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Japanese:
自家受粉
(jikajubun)
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Northern Kurdish:
perîna xweyî
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Malayalam:
സ്വപരാഗണം
(svaparāgaṇaṁ)
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Māori:
haenga tūwā
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Portuguese:
autopolinização
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Romanian:
autopolenizare
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Romanian:
autofertilitate
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Russian:
самоопыле́ние
(samoopylénije)
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Tagalog:
sarisapunlatil
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen
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Telugu:
ఆత్మపరాగసంపర్కము
(ātmaparāgasamparkamu)
— pollination of a flower by its own pollen