Definitions
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- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of self-pollination
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Examples
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Perhaps it's arguable that the ways in which we view sex as a category are influenced by social constructs, but we're not exactly a self-pollinating species, are we?
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However, this is where it gets tricky as beans have been shown to be self-pollinating.
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Rice is self-pollinating, so interbreeding with other rice varieties is virtually impossible.
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In fact they were probably feeding on soya which is entirely self-pollinating.
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Plantings of self-pollinating figs dating back to 11,400 B.C. were recently uncovered in the Jordan Valley.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Most of the figs that are grown commercially, however, are self-pollinating varieties.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Plantings of self-pollinating figs dating back to 11,400 B.C. were recently uncovered in the Jordan Valley.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Plantings of self-pollinating figs dating back to 11,400 B.C. were recently uncovered in the Jordan Valley.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Most of the figs that are grown commercially, however, are self-pollinating varieties.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Most of the figs that are grown commercially, however, are self-pollinating varieties.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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