Synonyms & related words for cleistogamy

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Words related to cleistogamy

Explore words related to cleistogamy — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include uniflorous, heterogony, homogony, remontant, sympetalous, botany, involucel, anandrous. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does cleistogamy come from?

The word cleistogamy breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: cleisto, from Greek kleistos (“closed”); gam, from Greek gamos (“marriage”); and -y, from Greek -ia (“noun-forming”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.