Antonyms of noun self-fertilization

1 sense of self-fertilization

Sense 1
self-fertilization, self-fertilisation -- (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual)
       Antonym of cross-fertilization (Sense 1)
      => cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation -- (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun self-fertilization

1 sense of self-fertilization

Sense 1
self-fertilization, self-fertilisation -- (fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual)
       => fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, impregnation -- (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant)

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