SELF-FERTILISATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual

Synonyms:

self-fertilisation; self-fertilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("self-fertilisation" is a kind of...):

fecundation; fertilisation; fertilization; impregnation (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-fertilisation"):

autogamy (self-fertilization in plants)