Meaning of cleistogamy | Babel Free

Definitions

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

uncountable

Examples

“In a species that produces fruits from self-pollination and from cross-pollination, self-pollinated fruits generally produce many more seeds than fruits produced from cross-pollination. This suggests the likelihood that cleistogamy arose in those species because cross-pollination was not always effective.”

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