Definition of Selfed

1. Adjective. (botany) Produced by vegetative propagation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Selfed

1. self [v] - See also: self

Lexicographical Neighbors of Selfed

selfbow
selfbows
selfcondensation
selfcongratulatory
selfconscious
selfconsistency
selfconsistent
selfconsistently
selfdirection
selfdom
selfdoms
selfdual
selfduals
selfe
selfe-one
selfed (current term)
selfenergies
selfenergy
selfexcitation
selfexcitations
selfgravitating
selfheals
selfhood
selfhoods
selfie
selfies
selfing
selfings
selfinteraction

Literary usage of Selfed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"Two ears of maize with uncolored endosperm pollinated with mixture of "yellow" and "white" pollen, showing distribution of selfed and crossed seeds. seeds, ..."

2. Inbreeding and Outbreeding: Their Genetic and Sociological Significance by Edward Murray East, Donald Forsha Jones (1919)
"Such a view he deemed supported by the fact that crosses of selfed lines with the intercrossed lines (also inbred, but to a less degree) did not give as ..."

3. Advances in Hybrid Rice Technology: Proceedings of the 3rd International by Sant S. Virmani, E. A. Siddiq, K. Muralidharan (1998)
"selfed seed set rate in TGMS lines in natural and artificial conditions ... selfed seed set (%) crops per year can be harvested and used for Fj seed ..."

4. Problems of Fertilization by Frank Rattray Lillie (1919)
"An excess of sperm was used in all the fertilizations; the difference in percentage of eggs fertilized when selfed and crossed should be noted. ..."

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