protandrous
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Meaning
- adjective Exhibiting protandry.
- adjective Whose male parts (anthers) become mature before the female ones (stigma).
- adjective Whose male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids before the female parts (archegonia) mature.
Similar words
hermaphroditism hermaphrodites protoandrous protogynous protandric hermaphroditic andromimetic metagynous heterodichogamous diatropic
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hermaphrodites hermaphrodite and species flowers hermaphroditism dichogamy or
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