self-compatible

[self-kuhm-pat-uh-buhl]

self-com·pat·i·ble

[self-kuhm-pat-uh-buhl]
adjective Botany.
able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
self-com·pat·i·bil·i·ty [self-kuhm-pat-uh-bil-i-tee] noun
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Self-compatible is always a great word to know.
So is archegonia. Does it mean:
female reproductive organ which produces eggs in bryophytes, ferns and most gymnosperms
phase in plant life which starts with a zygote produced by sexual reproduction
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self-compatible
 
adj
(of a plant) capable of self-fertilization
 
self-compati'bility
 
n

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