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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In botany, same as proterogyny. See the quotation under protandry.
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“In some grasses the stamens mature earlier, (= protandry =) while in others the stigmas protrude long before the stamens (= protogyny =).”
“Two categories of dichogamy are protandry, the transition from male to female, and protogyny, the transition from female to male.”
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