chasmogamous
[ kaz-mog-uh-muh s ]
/ kæzˈmɒg ə məs /
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adjective Botany.
pertaining to or having pollination occur in a fully opened flower.
Nearby words
chaser, chasid, chasing, chasles, chasm, chasmogamous, chasmogamy, chasse gardée, chassepot, chasseur, chassid
Compare cleistogamous.
Origin of chasmogamous
First recorded in 1955–60
Related forms
chas·mog·a·my, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for chasmogamous
Almost all these plants, as Darwin pointed out, have also chasmogamous flowers which render cross-fertilisation possible.
Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others