(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:18:47

Pro`ter*og"y*nous (?), a. [Gr. earlier (fr. before) + woman, female.] Bot.

Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous; -- opposed to proterandrous.

 

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