Cleistogamous

pertaining to or having pollination occurring in unopened flowers.
Historical Examples

Field Book of Western Wild Flowers Margaret Armstrong
Darwin and Modern Science A.C. Seward and Others
The Making of Species Douglas Dewar
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, December 1879 Various
Darwin and Modern Science A.C. Seward and Others
The Elements of Botany Asa Gray

cleistogamous
(klī-stŏg’ə-məs)
Of or relating to a flower that does not open and is self-pollinated in the bud. The fertile flowers of the violet are inconspicuous and cleistogamous, while the plant’s more familiar showy flowers are usually infertile.

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pertaining to or having pollination occurring in unopened flowers. noun self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer Compare chasmogamy cleistogamous (klī-stŏg’ə-məs) Of or relating to a flower that does not open and is self-pollinated in the bud. The fertile flowers of the violet are inconspicuous […]
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(in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay. cleistothecium (klī’stə-thē’sē-əm) Plural cleistothecia A closed spherical ascocarp, such as the truffle.
Cleistothecia
(in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay. Historical Examples Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 Various cleistothecium (klī’stə-thē’sē-əm) Plural cleistothecia A closed spherical ascocarp, such as the truffle.

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