self-pollination
self-pollination — 名詞
1. the way a plant makes seeds using its own pollen, which lands either back on the
自花授粉
花粉落在同株花朵上而結子的過程
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.
生物老師向 Anong 示範豌豆是如何依靠自花授粉的。
subject is a plant species; uncountable noun for a process
Many tomato flowers complete self-pollination before the petals even open in the morning.
許多番茄花在清晨花瓣還沒打開前，就已完成自花授粉。
collocation: complete / undergo self-pollination
In the greenhouse, self-pollination kept each orchid's seeds identical to the parent flower.
在溫室裡，自花授粉讓每株蘭花的種子都和親代花朵一模一樣。
Farmers near Ignacio's village prefer crops that depend on self-pollination during the dry season.
Ignacio 村子附近的農民，偏好在乾季靠自花授粉的作物。
Without bees or wind, the bean plants on the balcony still set fruit through self-pollination.
就算沒有蜜蜂或風，陽台上的豆苗仍靠自花授粉結出果實。
- selfing
informal term used by plant breeders for the same process
- cross-pollination
pollen comes from a different plant of the same kind
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable and used with definite or zero article. Contrast with cross-pollination, where pollen comes from a separate plant.