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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

cleis•tog•a•mous adj. [Bot.]

Plant Biologypertaining to or having pollination occurring in unopened flowers.

Also, cleis•to•gam•ic Cf. chasmogamous.

cleisto- + -gamous 1880–85

cleis•tog′a•mous•ly, cleis′to•gam′i•cal•ly, adv.
cleis•tog′a•my, n.

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