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Definition of: cleistogamous
(klīs·tog′ə·məs) adjective Bot.
Closed or non–expanding and self–fertilizing: said of certain closed flowers, as some violets: also spelled clistogamous. Also cleis·to·gam·ic (klīs′tə·gam′ik). [<CLEISTO- + -GAMOUS]
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