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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, exhibiting or characterized by proterogyny. See extract under proterandrous.

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

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek earlier + woman, female.

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