The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cleistogamic
Cleistogamic \Cleis`to*gam"ic\, Cleistogamous
\Cleis*tog"a*mous\a. [Gr. ? closed (fr. ? to shut) + ga`mos
marriage.] (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.
Wiktionary
cleistogamic
a. (alternative form of cleistogamous English)
WordNet
cleistogamic
adj. exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy [syn: cleistogamous]
Usage examples of "cleistogamic".
The short, hooked part of the peduncle of a cleistogamic flower, bearing a pod nearly ripe, was observed in the dark during three days.