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Self-fertilisation

Definition: Self-fertilisation

Self-fertilisation

Noun

1. Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "self-fertilisation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references)

Synonym: Self-fertilisation

Synonym: self-fertilization (n). (additional references)
Antonym: cross-fertilization (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Self-fertilisation

Specialty definitions using "self-fertilisation": inbred line. (references)

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Modern Translations: Self-fertilisation

Language Translations for "self-fertilisation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

自已受精 (self-fertilization). (various references)

   

Danish

  

selvbefrugtning (autogamy, self-fertilization, selfing, self-pollination). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zelfbestuiving (autogamy, homogamy, self-fertilization, self-pollination). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

itsesiitos (self-fertilization, selfing, self-pollination). (various references)

   

French

  

fécondation directe (self-fertilization), autogamie (self-fertilization, self-pollination), autofécondation (self-fertilization, selfing, self-pollination). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αυτογονιμοποίησις,αυτογαμία (self-fertilization). (various references)

   

Italian

  

autofecondazione (autogamy, self-fertilization, selfing, self-pollination). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

각자 '부하게 함 (self-fertilization). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elf-fertilisationsay

   

Portuguese

  

fecundação directa (self-fertilization), autogamia (autogamy, self-fertilization, self-pollination), auto-fecundação (self-fertilization). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

autofecundación (self-fertilization, selfing, self-pollination). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

självbefruktning (self, self-fertilization, selfing, self-pollination). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Self-fertilisation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-f-i-i-i-l-l-n-o-r-s-s-t-t"

-5 letters: frontalities, literalities, orientalists, stationeries, tessellation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Self-fertilisation


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 65 6C 66 2D 66 65 72 74 69 6C 69 73 61 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100101 01101100 01100110 00101101 01100110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#108 &#102 &#45 &#102 &#101 &#114 &#116 &#105 &#108 &#105 &#115 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 006C 0066 002D 0066 0065 0072 0074 0069 006C 0069 0073 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

537178721572718486757875856786758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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