Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, same as
proterandry . - noun In zoology, the condition of the reproductive organs in hermaphroditic animals, characterized by the production of ripe spermatozoa before the ova are mature or capable of being fertilized: an arrangement which insures cross-fertilization between different individuals, as in certain hermaphroditic worms, crustaceans, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology The condition in which an
organism begins life as amale and then changes into afemale . - noun botany The condition of
flowers whose male parts mature before the female 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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