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hysteranthous

hysteranthous adjective: 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.

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.

Origin of hysteranthous

From hyster- (“higher, outer, latter, next”) + -anthous.

Questions about hysteranthous

What does hysteranthous mean?
Hysteranthous means 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.
What part of speech is hysteranthous?
Hysteranthous is an adjective.

Words near hysteranthous in the dictionary

  1. hyssops
  2. hystatin
  3. hyster-
  4. hysteralgia
  5. hysteralgic
  6. hysteranthous
  7. hysteranthy
  8. hysterectomies
  9. hysterectomise
  10. hysterectomised
  11. hysterectomises

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