Cleistogamic
Pronunciation : Cleis`to*gam"ic
Part of Speech : Cleis*tog"a*mous
Etymology : [Gr. (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization. Darwin.
a.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913