self-fertile

adjective

Capable of self-fertilization.

Opposite
self-sterile
OriginEnglish fertile ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

adjectiveself-fertile (comparative more self-fertile, superlative most self-fertile)

comparative more self-fertile · superlative most self-fertile

  1. Capable of self-fertilization.

Synonyms & antonyms

antonym(s) of “capable of self-fertilization”

Opposite
self-sterile

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishfertile
  9. Englishself-fertile

From self- + fertile.

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APA

self-fertile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-fertile

MLA

“self-fertile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-fertile. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-fertile,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-fertile.

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