Definitions for cleistogamous

cleistogamous cleis·tog·a·mous

Spelling: [klahy-stog-uh-muh s]
IPA: /klaɪˈstɒg ə məs/

Cleistogamous is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 2121 anagrams from letters in cleistogamous (acegilmoosstu).

Definitions for cleistogamous

adjective

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

Origin of cleistogamous

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

Examples for cleistogamous

cleistogamous Flowers, that is, in those which are fertilized in the flower-bud, while still unopened.

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

The cleistogamous, and not the brilliant flowers: the victory is with ugliness, and not with beauty.

The other species are all propagated by their cleistogamous flowers.

This has no scent, the capsule is roundish and hairy, and the cleistogamous flowers are abundant.

Some of the plants with cleistogamous flowers might afford examples of such cases.

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