autogamy

n.

1. Botany. Self-fertilization in plants.
2. Biology. The union of nuclei within and arising from a single cell, as in certain protozoans and fungi.

autogamic au'to·gam'ic (ô'tō-găm'ĭk) or au·tog'a·mous adj.

(ô-tŏg'ə-mē)
n.

Self-fertilization in which fission of the cell nucleus occurs without complete cellular division forming two pronuclei so that reunite to form the synkaryon.

au·tog'a·mous adj.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: self-fertilization in plants
  Antonym: allogamy (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - autogami, selvbestøvning, selvbefrugtning

Nederlands (Dutch)
zelfbevruchting (botanie), autogamie

Français (French)
n. - (Biol) autogamie, autofécondation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Autogamie, Selbstbefruchtung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (βιολ., φυτολ.) αυτογαμία

Italiano (Italian)
autogamia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - autogamia (f)

Русский (Russian)
автогамия, самооплодотворение

Español (Spanish)
n. - autogamia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - självbefruktning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
自花受粉, 自体生殖

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 自花受粉, 自體生殖

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자화 수분, 자가 수정

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 自家生殖, 自花受精

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إخصاب ذاتي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפריה עצמית בצמחים‬

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