self-pollination
self-pollination — noun
1. the way a plant makes seeds using its own pollen, which lands either back on the
the way a plant makes seeds using its own pollen, which lands either back on the very flower it came from or on a different bloom of that same plant, rather than pollen carried in from elsewhere
The biology teacher showed Anong how a pea plant relies on self-pollination.
subject is a plant species; uncountable noun for a process
Many tomato flowers complete self-pollination before the petals even open in the morning.
collocation: complete / undergo self-pollination
In the greenhouse, self-pollination kept each orchid's seeds identical to the parent flower.
Farmers near Ignacio's village prefer crops that depend on self-pollination during the dry season.
Without bees or wind, the bean plants on the balcony still set fruit through self-pollination.
- selfing
informal term used by plant breeders for the same process
- cross-pollination
pollen comes from a different plant of the same kind
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Almost always uncountable and used with definite or zero article. Contrast with cross-pollination, where pollen comes from a separate plant.