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protandrous

The English word “protandrous” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Exhibiting protandry.
  2. Whose male parts (anthers) become mature before the female ones (stigma).
  3. Whose male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids before the female parts (archegonia) mature.

Etymology

From proto- + -androus.

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