Look up: Protogynous


  1. Protogynous
    When the stigma is receptive before the pollen is shed.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  2. Protogynous
    Pro·tog'y·nous adjective [ Proto + Greek gynh` a woman.] (Botany) Same as Proterogynous .
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/181

  3. protogynous
    Having the female sex organs maturing before the male, of a flower, shedding the pollen after the stigma has ceased to be receptive. ... Compare: protandrous. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?protogynous

  4. Protogynous
    • (a.) Same as Proterogynous.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/protogynous/

  5. protogynous
    protogynous, protogyny 1. In botany, having the pistil or female organ mature before the stamens or male organs. 2. Frequently used as synonymous with progynous, but it is also used to describe the condition of being a hermaphrodite that is first female and later becomes a male.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2789/9

  6. Protogynous
    describing a plant in which stigma receptivity precedes and does not overlap the period of pollen release (compare protandrous)
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21767

  7. protogynous
    female sex organs maturing before the male ones, e.g. a flower shedding pollen after the stigma has ceased to be receptive; cf. protandrous.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_botanical_terms

  8. protogynous
    1) When the stigma is receptive before the pollen is shed
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/protogynous/1

Tip: double click on a word to show its meaning.
No exact matches found.

Search

Typ a word and hit `Search`.
Tools
Conjugate
Synonyms
Google

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
flagellum (20)
ICarly Theme Song (1)
Pollution (25)
Paddy Agnew (2)
DIUS (7)
kingklip (2)
Gabon Davis Cup team (1)
Kokomo (6)
Haas Lilienthal House (1)
hymeneal (5)
Lenten (6)
Cerrial (2)
flagellum (20)
vacuolar nephrosis (2)
Filipe (3)
Ihr Kinderlein, kommet (1)
Commentariensis (3)
interrupted (8)
Hvöt Blönduós (1)
Diamonded (2)
Flear (2)
legend (25)
point of common coupli (2)
Portmead (1)
© Encyclo MMXII | Contact | Privacy