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单词 self-pollinate
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self-pollinatev.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈpɒlᵻneɪt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈpɑləˌneɪt/
Forms: see self- prefix and pollinate v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, pollinate v.
Etymology: < self- prefix + pollinate v., after self-pollination n., self-pollinated adj.
Botany.
intransitive. To carry out self-pollination. Occasionally also transitive: to pollinate (a plant) with its own pollen, esp. by artificial means.
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1891 Bull. Iowa State Coll. Agric. Exper. Station No. 13. 93 Red Clover does not self-pollinate nor fertilize.
1921 Domest. Beekeeper Aug. 15/2 It is authoritatively said that the cucumber is a plant that will not self-pollenate.
1990 National Gardening Mar. 38/1 He could self-pollinate the plants under controlled conditions (during years in which they do set fruit) to get a few seeds of a purer strain to use for further breeding.
2015 J. Warren Nature of Crops iv. 67 These cleistogamous flowers (to use their technical name) automatically self-pollinate and thus don't require the services of unreliable early spring insects.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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