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单词 self-fertilize
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self-fertilizev.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈfəːtᵻlʌɪz/, /ˌsɛlfˈfəːtl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈfərdlˌaɪz/
Forms: 1800s– self-fertilise, 1800s– self-fertilize.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, fertilize v.
Etymology: < self- prefix + fertilize v., after self-fertilization n. Compare earlier self-fertilized adj.
Biology.
intransitive. To carry out self-fertilization; to reproduce by self-fertilization. Occasionally also transitive: to induce self-fertilization of (a plant or other organism).In quot. 1858 transitive (reflexive) with intransitive meaning.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be a flowering plant [verb (intransitive)] > be fertilized
kern1297
set1718
self-fertilize1858
1858 C. Darwin in Gardeners' Chron. & Agric. Gaz. 13 Nov. 829/1 The doctrine that no plant self-fertilizes itself for a perpetuity of generations.
1860 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1857–60 4 412 It will be easy to understand why plants vary so promptly in our gardens, mostly raised from a small quantity of seeds to begin with, probably all from the same stock, where they are almost sure to self-fertilize in the first generation.
1924 Genetics 9 30 It is occasionally possible to self-fertilize these self-sterile plants and obtain a small capsule of seed.
2010 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Sept. 24 They [sc. tadpole shrimps] are..fantastically self-sufficient: hermaphrodite females who self-fertilise easily.

Derivatives

ˌself-ˈfertilizable adj. capable of carrying out or undergoing self-fertilization.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by pollination > self-fertilizing or fertilized
self-fertilized1848
self-fertile1856
cleistogamous1874
cleistogene1876
cleistogamic1877
self-fertilizable1877
autogamic1878
autogamous1880
self-pollinated1883
self-pollinating1889
self-bred1898
autocarpous1908
selfed1908
self-compatible1918
1877 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 113 135 Many..flowers which are frequented by insects are none the less self-fertilizable.
1914 Jrnl. Genetics 4 238 Nor did the different animals agree in the eggs from the top being always more or less readily self-fertilizable than those from the base.
1986 Fish Physiol. & Biochem. 2 11/1 Administration of androgens and estrogens during the period of sex differentiation may be used to produce monosex phenotypic males, phenotypic females, sterile and even self fertilizable hermaphrodite salmonids.
ˌself-ˈfertilizer n. a plant or other organism that carries out self-fertilization.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > pollination > self-fertilization > plant that self-fertilizes
self-fertilizer1858
self-pollinator1897
self-compatible1931
1858 Country Gentleman 11 63/2 Now I think that some of the best varieties of strawberry are self-fertilisers.
1903 Gardeners' Chron. & Hort. Gaz. 13 June 380/3 I wish to point out that Poa annua..is not by any means a self-fertiliser.
2006 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 273 2450/2 Formerly, K[ryptolebias] marmoratus [sc. the mangrove killifish] in Florida had been assumed to be an obligate self-fertilizer.
ˌself-ˈfertilizing adj. that carries out self-fertilization.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [adjective] > self-fertilizing
self-fertilizing1859
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 100 Of aquatic animals, there are many self-fertilising hermaphrodites.
1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. ii. 22 Beans are self-fertilising.
2014 Sci. News 6 Sept. 14/2 In C[aenorhabditis] elegans.., male worms turn up now and then, but most individuals are self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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