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| allogamy |
the technique or process of cross-fertilization in plants. |
| autogamy |
in botany, self-fertilization, as of a flower with its own pollen. [2 definitions] |
| breeding |
in genetics, the development or improvement of strains or breeds through the use of controlled fertilization or pollination. [1/3 definitions] |
| cross-pollination |
the transfer of pollen, as by bees, from one flower to another of different genetic composition, resulting in the production of a hybrid; cross-fertilization. |
| endogamy |
the fertilization of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| fertilize |
to cause the fertilization of. [1/3 definitions] |
| -gamy |
the condition of having (such) a type of reproductive organs or method of fertilization. [1/2 definitions] |
| menses |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) the periodic discharge of blood, mucus, and cells built up in the mammalian uterus in preparation to receive an embryo and discarded when fertilization of the egg has not taken place. |
| overfertilization |
combined form of fertilization. |
| parthenogenesis |
a process of development of an egg without fertilization, as in some lower animals and plants. |
| self-fertilization |
the fertilization of a plant by its own pollen, or of an animal by its own sperm. |
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