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CLEISTOGAMOUS

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cleis⋅tog⋅a⋅mous

  [klahy-stog-uh-muhs]
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–adjective Botany.
pertaining to or having pollination occurring in unopened flowers.
Also, cleis⋅to⋅gam⋅ic  [klahy-stuh-gam-ik] .
Compare chasmogamous.

Origin:
1880–85; cleisto- + -gamous

Related forms:
cleis⋅tog⋅a⋅mous⋅ly, cleis⋅to⋅gam⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
cleis⋅tog⋅a⋅my, noun
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cleis·tog·a·mous   (klī-stŏg'ə-məs)   
adj.   Botany
Of or relating to a flower that does not open and is self-pollinated in the bud.

[Greek kleistos, closed (from kleiein, to close) + -gamous.]
cleis·tog'a·mous·ly adv., cleis·tog'a·my (-mē) n.
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