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(botany) The production of flowers which do not open and are self-fertilized in the bud..
In a species that produces fruits from self-pollination and from cross-pollination, self-pollinated fruits generally produce many more seeds than fruits produced from cross-pollination. This suggests the likelihood that cleistogamy arose in those species because cross-pollination was not always effective.
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Cleistogamy means (botany) The production of flowers which do not open and are self-fertilized in the bud..
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In a species that produces fruits from self-pollination and from cross-pollination, self-pollinated fruits generally produce many more seeds than fruits produced from cross-pollination. This suggests the likelihood that cleistogamy arose in those species because cross-pollination was not always effective.
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