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self-pollination

(-päl′ə nā′s̸hən)

noun

the transfer of pollen from anthers to stigmas in the same flower, or to stigmas of another flower on the same plant or of a flower on a plant of the same clone

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self-pollinated adjective

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noun

Transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma of the same flower.

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selfˈ-polˈli·nateˌ verb

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