1) Self-pollination
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Cleistogamy or automatic self-pollination describes the trait of certain plants to propagate by using non-opening, self-pollinating flowers. Especially well known in peanuts, peas, and beans, this behavior is most widespread in the grass family. However, the largest genus of cleistogamous plants is actually Viola. The more common opposite of cleis...
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The process of self-pollination occurring without the flowers opening.
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(from the article `reproductive system, plant`) ...reproductive process of angiosperms. In violets (Viola), in addition to the ordinary flowers produced first during the usual flowering season, ... ...beans, and tomatoes, are predominantly self-pollinating. There are relatively few reproductive mechanisms that promote self-pollination; ...
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<botany> The condition of having flowers which never open and self-pollination occurs, and the flowers are often small and inconspicuous. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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cleistogamy, cleistogamic, cleistogamous Applied to certain small inconspicuous permanently closed flowers, adapted for self-fertilization, occurring in various plants (e.g. Oxalis Acetosella, different species of Viola, etc.) on the same individuals as the normal larger brightly-colored flowers, which in such cases are either cross-fertilized or b...
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noun the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers
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A type of automatic self-pollination. Certain plants can propagate by using non-opening, self-pollinating flowers. Especially well known in peanuts, peas, and beans. This behavior is most widespread in the grass family.
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A type of automatic self-pollination. Certain plants can propagate by using non-opening, self-pollinating flowers. Especially well known in peanuts, peas, and beans. This behavior is most widespread in the grass family.
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