Etymograph

English

self-pollination

From self- + pollination.

A compound of self- + pollination

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Today it means

noun Pollination of a flower by its own pollen, in a flower that has both stamens and a pistil.

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Etymograph / self-pollination