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Self-fertilization

Definition: Self-fertilization

Self-fertilization

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-fertilization" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1991. (references)

Synonym: Self-fertilization

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

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Crosswords: Self-fertilization

English words defined with "self-fertilization": autogamyCleistogamousHercogamous. (references)

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Modern Translations: Self-fertilization

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

Chinese 

  

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

   

Danish

  

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

   

Dutch

  

zelfbevruchting (selfing, self-pollination), zelfbestuiving (autogamy, homogamy, self-fertilisation, self-pollination). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

itsesiitos (self-fertilisation, selfing, self-pollination), itsepölytys (autogamy, selfing, self-pollination). (various references)

   

French

  

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

   

German

  

Selbstbefruchtung (selfing, self-pollination). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αυτογονιμοποίησις,αυτογαμία (self-fertilisation), αυτογονιμοποίηση (selfing, self-pollination). (various references)

   

Italian

  

endogamia (selfing, self-pollination), autogamia (autogamy, selfing, self-pollination), autofecondazione (autogamy, self-fertilisation, selfing, self-pollination). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

自家受精 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

じかじゅせい. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

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

   

Manx

  

hene-horraghey. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elf-fertilizationsay

   

Portuguese

  

fecundação directa (self-fertilisation), autopolinização (autogamy, selfing, self-pollination), autogamia (autogamy, self-fertilisation, self-pollination), auto-fecundação (self-fertilisation), autofecundação (selfing, self-pollination). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

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

   

Swedish

  

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

   

Ukranian 

  

самозапліднення, самозапилення (self-pollination). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Self-fertilization

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

autofoecundatio. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Self-fertilization

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-3 letters: fertilizations.

-4 letters: fertilization, sterilization.

-5 letters: frontalities, literalities, orientalizes, zillionaires.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Self-fertilization


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

53 65 6C 66 2D 66 65 72 74 69 6C 69 7A 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 01111010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#108 &#102 &#45 &#102 &#101 &#114 &#116 &#105 &#108 &#105 &#122 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 006C 0066 002D 0066 0065 0072 0074 0069 006C 0069 007A 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

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

537178721572718486757875926786758180

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INDEX

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


  

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