Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a flower that is pollinated after it opens.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Exhibiting the phenomenon of chasmogamy.
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- adjective Exhibiting chasmogamy.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek khasma, an opening + –gamous.]
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Examples
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Some cleistogamous flowers never open, in contrast to chasmogamous flowers that open and are then pollinated.
Pollination Wikipedia 2009
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Families showed significant variation in shoot mass, number of seeds set in chasmogamous CH spikelets, and mean mass of CL and CH seeds.
palooka commented on the word chasmogamous
Pretty word! From the AH dictionary, "Of or relating to a flower that opens to allow for pollination."
July 8, 2007
reesetee commented on the word chasmogamous
Great word, palooka! While checking it out, I found cleistogamous: "Of or relating to a flower that does not open and is self-pollinated in the bud." The first parts of the words derive from the Greek for "an opening" and "closed," respectively. :-)
July 9, 2007
slumry commented on the word chasmogamous
This evokes wonderful imagery for me: a flower as a closed chasm.
July 10, 2007