chasmogamous

[ kaz-mog-uh-muhs ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. pertaining to or having pollination occur in a fully opened flower.

Other Words From

• chas·moga·my noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chasmogamous¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Almost all these plants, as Darwin pointed out, have also chasmogamous flowers which render cross-fertilisation possible.

From Project Gutenberg

His view that cleistogamous flowers are derived from originally chasmogamous flowers has been confirmed by more recent researches.

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