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self-sterile en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English sterile English self-sterile From self- + sterile.

Meanings

  1. (of a plant) Incapable of self-fertilization.

Forms

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most self-sterile Degree=Sup lexicographic
more self-sterile Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

self-fertile (antonym(s) of “incapable of self-fertilization”)

Translations (2)

ga féinaimrid (incapable of self-fertilization) · ro autosteril (incapable of self-fertilization)