protogynous

American  

[proh-tuh-jahy-nuhs, -gahy-, proh-toj-uh-nuhs] / ˌproʊ təˈdʒaɪ nəs, -ˈgaɪ-, proʊˈtɒdʒ ə nəs /

Also proterogynous

adjective

Botany.

1. of or relating to a flower in which the shedding of pollen occurs after the stigma has stopped being receptive; having female sexual organs maturing before the male.

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protogynous British  

/ prəʊˈtɒdʒɪnəs /

adjective

1. (of plants and hermaphrodite animals) producing female gametes before male ones Compare protandrous

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Other Word Forms

• protogyny noun

Example Sentences

"With Butterick ... the order was reversed, as the period of receptivity began first," and it was classified, therefore, as regularly protogynous.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Mr. Reed listed as protandrous Busseron, Kentucky, Major, and Niblack varieties, whereas Butterick, Indiana, and Posey were protogynous.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association