male-sterile

adjective

male-ster·​ile ˈmāl-ˈster-əl 

: having male gametes lacking or nonfunctional

male-sterile plants

Examples of male-sterile in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Led researchers at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the team used gene editing to create male-sterile flowers, enabling the robot to produce hybrid seeds efficiently. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for male-sterile

• tocopherol
• beryl
• feral
• karel
• peril
• seral
• sterile
• sterol
• carbaryl
• glyceryl
• imperil
• foraminiferal