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self-pollination vs. cross-pollination

self-pollination

noun

Botany.

  1. the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the same flower, another flower on the same plant, or the flower of a plant of the same clone.

cross-pollination

noun

  1. Botany.the transfer of pollen from the flower of one plant to the flower of a plant having a different genetic constitution.

  2. a sharing or interchange of knowledge, ideas, etc., as for mutual enrichment; cross-fertilization.