protogyny 1

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The condition of flowers whose female parts mature before the male ones.

  • 1.This suggestion, however, may not necessarily reflect the true protogyny of the plants but may, in some cases, be based on the characteristically protruding, trifid stigma with well-developed papilla, which is already present at the bud stage of the flower.
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