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histeranthous

histeranthous is the alternative form of hysteranthous.

Meaning of hysteranthous

Adjective

hysteranthous (not comparable)

  1. Having the leaves emerge before the flowers have opened. It typically refers to geophytes that flower when the plant is dormant and without leaves during a dry season. This contrasts with synanthous plants that flower at the same time as the leaves are present.

Questions about histeranthous

What is histeranthous the alternative form of?
Histeranthous is the alternative form of hysteranthous.

Words near histeranthous in the dictionary

  1. histed
  2. histel
  3. histels
  4. hister beetle
  5. hister beetles
  6. histeranthous
  7. histerid
  8. histerids
  9. histi-
  10. Histiaea
  11. Histiaeus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: histeranthous (page history and authors); hysteranthous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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