NOUN | event | self-pollination | fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower |
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Meaning | fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower. | |
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Narrower | cleistogamy | The production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers |
Broader | pollination, pollenation | transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant |
Opposite | cross-pollination | fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another |
Spanish | autopolinización | |
Catalan | autopolinización, autopol·linització | |
Adjectives | self-pollinating | of or relating to or characteristic of self-pollination |
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