anacrogynous

[an-uh-kroj-uh-nuh s]

adjective Botany.

having the female sex organs arising from any cell below the apex of the stem, thereby not terminating its growth, as certain liverworts.

Compare acrogynous.

Origin of anacrogynous

an-¹ + acrogynous

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