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Webster 1913 Edition
Protandrous
Pro-tan′drous
,Adj.
(Bot.)
Proterandrous.
Definition 2024
protandrous
protandrous
English
Adjective
protandrous (not comparable)
- (biology) Exhibiting protandry.
- (botany) Whose male parts (anthers) becomes mature before the female ones (stigma).
- (botany) Whose male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids before the female parts (archegonia) mature.
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Translations
biology: exhibiting protandry
botany: whose male parts become mature before the female ones
botany: whose male parts release their spermatozoids before the female parts mature