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Homogamy vs Cleistogamy - What's the difference?

homogamy | cleistogamy |

In botany terms the difference between homogamy and cleistogamy

is that homogamy is fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant while cleistogamy is the production of flowers which do not open, and are self-fertilized in the bud.

homogamy

English

Noun

(-)
  • (botany) fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant
  • (biology) breeding between similar individuals; inbreeding
  • (sociology) marriage or other union between similar people, or people of the same sex
  • Synonyms

    * (marriage) See also

    Antonyms

    * heterogamy * (marriage) See also

    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