self-pol·li·na·tion

(sĕlf′pŏl′ə-nā′shən)

1. The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma of the same flower; autogamy.

2. The transfer of pollen from an anther of one flower to a stigma of another flower on the same plant; geitonogamy.

self′-pol′li·nate′ v.

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self-pollination

(Botany) the transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower or of another flower on the same plant. Compare cross-pollination

ˌself-ˈpolliˌnated adj

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self′-pollina′tion

the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the same flower, another flower on the same plant, or the flower of a plant of the same clone. Compare cross-pollination.

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Noun

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

pollenation, pollination - transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant

cleistogamy - the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers

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

Translations

self-pollination

[ˌselfpɒlɪˈneɪʃən] N → autopolinización f

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