cleistogamous

American  

[klahy-stog-uh-muhs] / klaɪˈstɒg ə məs /

Also cleistogamic

adjective

Botany.

1. pertaining to or having pollination occurring in unopened flowers.

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cleistogamous Scientific  

/ klī-stŏg′ə-məs /

1. 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 Word Forms

Derived Forms

• cleistogamy
  noun
• cleistogamously
  adverb
• noncleistogamous
  adjective
• cleistogamically
  adverb
• noncleistogamic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of cleistogamous

First recorded in 1880–85; cleisto- + -gamous