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Meaning of PROTOGYNOUS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pro*tog"y*nous\, a. [Proto + Gr. gynh` a woman.]
(Bot.)
Same as {Proterogynous}.
 
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 Definition: Having the female sex organs maturing before the male; of a flower, shedding the pollen after the stigma has ceased to be receptive. Compare protandrous.
 

 

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