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self-fertilised

ADJECTIVE
  1. fertilized by its own pollen

How To Use self-fertilised In A Sentence

  • As opposed to the theory that there is any absolute need for cross-fertilisation, it has been urged by Mr. Henslow and others that many self-fertilised plants are exceptionally vigorous, such as groundsel, chickweed, sow-thistle, buttercups, and other common weeds; while most plants of world-wide distribution are self-fertilised, and these have proved themselves to be best fitted to survive in the battle of life. Darwinism (1889)
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