cleistogamic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλειστός (kleistós, “closed”) +‎ -ic.

Adjective

cleistogamic (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of cleistogamous.
   • 1876, Charles Darwin, The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom:

     fifteen capsules from self-fertilised cleistogamic flowers contained on an average sixty-four seeds, with a maximum in one of eighty-seven

Derived terms

• cleistogamically
• noncleistogamic