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cleistogamous
[ klahy-stog-uh-muhs ]
adjective
, Botany.
- pertaining to or having pollination occurring in unopened flowers.
cleistogamous
/ klī-stŏg′ə-məs /
- Of or relating to a flower that does not open and is self-pollinated in the bud. The fertile flowers of the violet are inconspicuous and cleistogamous, while the plant's more familiar showy flowers are usually infertile.
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Other Words From
- cleis·toga·mous·ly cleisto·gami·cal·ly adverb
- cleis·toga·my noun
- noncleis·to·gamic adjective
- noncleis·toga·mous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cleistogamous1
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Example Sentences
Such plants are technically called Cleistogamous, and are all self-fertilizing.
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The cleistogamous, and not the brilliant flowers: the victory is with ugliness, and not with beauty.
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Cleistogamous Flowers, that is, in those which are fertilized in the flower-bud, while still unopened.
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In other cases precautions are taken to prevent cross-fertilisation, as in the numerous cleistogamous or closed flowers.
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The other species are all propagated by their cleistogamous flowers.
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