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self incompatibility (medicine) and paly(2) (iou)


self incompatibility (medicine)


self incompatibility
<plant biology> Inability of pollen grains to fertilize flowers of the same plant or its close relatives.

Acts as a mechanism to ensure out breeding within some plant species, for example in the case of the S gene complex in Brassicas.


paly(2) (iou)



paly adjective2. Chiefly poet. & literary. M16.
[from PALE adjective + -Y1.]
Pale; somewhat pale.