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proterogynous, a.|prɒtəˈrɒdʒɪnəs|
[f. protero- + -gynous. Cf. protogynous. In both senses opposed to proterandrous.]
1. Bot. Having the pistil or female organ mature before the stamens or male organs.
1875Lubbock Wild Flowers iii. 51 Caltha palustris... The species..are said by Hildebrand to be proterogynous. 1877Darwin Forms of Fl. Introd. 10 Other individuals, called proterogynous, have their stigma mature before their pollen is ready. 1883Thompson tr. Müller's Fert. Flowers 12 note, Sprengel calls this species of dichogamy, female-male..; Hildebrand, protogynous; Delpino, proterogynous.
2. Zool. Of a hermaphrodite animal, or a colony of zooids: Having the female organs, or individuals, sexually mature before the male.
So proteˈrogyny, the quality or state of being proterogynous.
1890in Cent. Dict. 1895Syd. Soc. Lex., Proterogyny, the maturation of the pistil of a flower before the stamens. |