noun
- plural of cleistogamy; the production of flowers that do not open and are self-pollinated before blooming, or the process by which such flowers reproduce.
Usage: botanical term; technical
Examples
- Some plant species rely on cleistogamies as a reproductive strategy in unfavorable environmental conditions.
- The study examined cleistogamies in violet species to understand their breeding mechanisms.
- Cleistogamies allow certain plants to ensure seed production without depending on pollinators.
- Botanists observed multiple cleistogamies occurring simultaneously in the laboratory specimens.