cleistogamous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy
    cleistogamic.

WordNet


Cleis`to*gam"ic, Cleis*tog"a*mous adjective (Also<
  • Cleistogamic
  • Cleistogamous
)
Etymology
Gr. closed (fr. to shut) + marriage.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization. Darwin.

Webster 1913