Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany and zoology, exhibiting or characterized by proterandry. Also protandrous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; -- opposed to proterogynous.

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  • adjective botany Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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Examples

  • If one wishes a stiff lesson in classification, there are few harder genera (among flowering plants) than _Solidago_; if he would investigate the timely and taking question of the dependence of plants upon insects, this humble "proterandrous" gentian (which to human vision seems closed, but which the humble-bee knows well how to enter) offers him a favorable subject; while if he has an eye for beauty, a nose for delicate fragrance, and a soul for poetry, the linnæa will never cease to be one of his prime favorites.

    The Foot-path Way Bradford Torrey 1877

  • One of its defects is its decided proterandrous habit, which seriously affects pollination and fruit setting.

    Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911

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