单词 | self-sterility |
释义 | self-sterilityn. Botany. The condition or property of being self-sterile.Contrasted with self-fertility n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > pollination > self-fertilization > prevention of or inability to self-fertilize self-sterility1863 hercogamy1887 self-incompatibility1916 1863 C. Darwin Let. 25 July in Corr. (1999) XI. 562 I shd. be glad of abstract of your new observations on self-sterility in orchids. 1900 New Jersey State Hort. Soc., 24th Ann. Session, 1899 137 A large percentage of reported self-sterility is but the effect of winter injury on the fruit buds or of late frosts at blooming time. 1940 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 82 449 Self-sterility..appears to have played an important part in the evolutionary development of the flowering plants. 1989 N.Y. Times 11 June wc30 One solution to self-sterility is to buy a tree that is compatible for fertilization. 2007 Weed Technol. 21 282/2 Across the family, self-fertility appears to be the rule, and self-sterility is an unusual exception. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1863 |
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