adverb
- in a manner relating to or characterized by cleistogamy; by means of self-pollination within a closed flower
Usage: botany; technical
Examples
- Some plant species reproduce cleistogamously, never opening their flowers to external pollinators.
- The violet flowers cleistogamously in late summer, ensuring seed production without relying on insects.
- Certain legumes propagate cleistogamously to guarantee reproduction in unfavorable environmental conditions.
- The plant developed the ability to reproduce cleistogamously as an adaptation to its isolated habitat.