protogynous
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Meaning
- adjective Exhibiting protogyny.
- adjective Whose female parts (stigma) becomes mature before the male ones (anthers).
- adjective Whose female parts (archegonia) mature before the male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids.
Similar words
hermaphroditism hermaphrodites protandrous protoandrous metagynous protandric heterodichogamous hermaphroditic meiogynogenetic heterogamous
Often followed by
hermaphrodites hermaphroditism hermaphrodite species sex flowers and dichogamy fishes
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