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Cleistogamy vs Dichogamy - What's the difference?

cleistogamy | dichogamy |

As nouns the difference between cleistogamy and dichogamy

is that cleistogamy is (botany) the production of flowers which do not open, and are self-fertilized in the bud while dichogamy is (biology) the condition in which an organism changes sex during its lifetime.

cleistogamy

English

Noun

  • (botany) The production of flowers which do not open, and are self-fertilized in the bud.

    • Derived terms

    * cleistogamic * cleistogamically * cleistogamous * cleistogamously

    dichogamy

    English

    (wikipedia dichogamy)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biology) The condition in which an organism changes sex during its lifetime.

    • Synonyms

    * sequential hermaphrodism

    Hyponyms

    * protogyny * protandry

    Coordinate terms

    * homogamy

    Related terms

    * dichogamous