cleistogamous Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy
cleistogamic.
WordNet
Cleis`to*gam"ic, Cleis*tog"a*mous adjective
(Also<
- Cleistogamic
- Cleistogamous
)
Etymology
Gr. closed (fr. to shut) + marriage.Definitions
(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.
