self-fertilization

n.

Fertilization by sperm from the same animal, as in some hermaphrodites, or by pollen from the same flower.

selffertilized self'-fer'til·ized' (-īzd') adj.
selffertilizing self'-fer'til·iz'ing adj.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual
  Synonym: self-fertilisation
  Antonym: cross-fertilization (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - selvbefrugtning

Nederlands (Dutch)
zelfbevruchting

Français (French)
n. - autofécondation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Selbstbefruchtung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αυτογονιμοποίηση

Italiano (Italian)
autofecondazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - autofecundação

Русский (Russian)
самооплодотворение

Español (Spanish)
n. - autofecundación, autogamia, autofertilización

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - självbefruktning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
自花受精, 自体受精

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 自花受精, 自體受精

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자화 수정, 제꽃정받이, 자가 수정

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 自家受精

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألاخصاب ألذاتي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפריה עצמית (אצל כמה צמחים וחסרי-חוליות)‬

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