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Cleistogamous

{

Cleisˊto-gam′ic

,

Cleis-tog′a-mous

}
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] closed (fr. [GREEK] to shut) +
γάμοσ
marriage.]
(Bot.)
Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; – said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization.
Darwin.

Definition 2024


cleistogamous

cleistogamous

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Adjective

cleistogamous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Pertaining to cleistogamy.