Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, same as
proterogyny . See the quotation under protandry.
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- noun biology The condition in which an
organism begins life as afemale and then changes into amale . - noun botany The condition of
flowers whose female parts mature before the male ones.
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Examples
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In some grasses the stamens mature earlier, (= protandry =) while in others the stigmas protrude long before the stamens (= protogyny =).
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Two categories of dichogamy are protandry, the transition from male to female, and protogyny, the transition from female to male.
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Two categories of dichogamy are protandry, the transition from male to female, and protogyny, the transition from female to male.
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Two categories of dichogamy are protandry, the transition from male to female, and protogyny, the transition from female to male.
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Two categories of dichogamy are protandry, the transition from male to female, and protogyny, the transition from female to male.
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