protogynous
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təˈdʒaɪ adjective Botany.
of or pertaining to a flower in which the shedding of pollen occurs after the stigma has stopped being receptive; having female sex organs maturing before the male.
Also, proterogynous.
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| —adj | |
| Compare protandrous (of plants and hermaphrodite animals) producing female gametes before male ones | |
| pro'togyny | |
| —n | |
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Protogynous
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