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self-compatible

[ self-kuhm-pat-uh-buhl ]

adjective

, Botany.
  1. (of a plant species or cultivar) able to be fertilized by its own pollen.

self-compatible

adjective

  1. (of a plant) capable of self-fertilization
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌself-comˌpatiˈbility, noun
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Other Words From

  • self-com·pat·i·bil·i·ty [self-k, uh, m-pat-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-compatible1

First recorded in 1915–20; self- ( def ) + compatible (in the sense “capable of cross-pollinating”)

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