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cleistogamy

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  • noun botany The production of flowers which do not open, and are self-fertilized in the bud.

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  • noun the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers

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  1. self-pollination

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Forms

  1. cleistogamic
  2. cleistogamically
  3. cleistogamous
  4. cleistogamously

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  • vendingmachine commented on the word cleistogamy

    This sounds sort of sad. Flowers that exist but don't open...

    July 11, 2024