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

Derived Forms

• ˌself-comˌpatiˈbility, noun

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-compatible¹

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

Example Sentences

Unlike most species in the /Prunus/ genus, the plant will accept its own pollen, it is ‘self-compatible’.

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