Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-incompatibility

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables
self--in-com-pat-i-bil-i-ty
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
9
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The incapability of self-fertilization.

Uncountable

Etymology

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Questions

What does self-incompatibility mean?
The incapability of self-fertilization.
Where does self-incompatibility come from?
From self- + incompatibility.

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