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protandrous

protandrous adjective: exhibiting protandry.

Adjective

protandrous (not comparable)

  1. Exhibiting protandry.
  2. Whose male parts (anthers) become mature before the female ones (stigma).
  3. Whose male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids before the female parts (archegonia) mature.

protandrous meaning in Tamil

protandrous in Tamil

ஆணகமுன்முதிர்கின்ற, ஆண் முன்பருவமெய்தல், மகரந்தம் முன் முதிரும் தன்மை

Antonyms of protandrous

Origin of protandrous

From proto- + -androus.

Words formed from protandrous

Questions about protandrous

What does protandrous mean?
Protandrous means exhibiting protandry.
What is protandrous in Tamil?
Protandrous in Tamil is ஆணகமுன்முதிர்கின்ற, ஆண் முன்பருவமெய்தல், மகரந்தம் முன் முதிரும் தன்மை. See Protandrous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is protandrous?
Protandrous is an adjective.

Words near protandrous in the dictionary

  1. protamoebas
  2. protan
  3. protandric
  4. protandrism
  5. protandrogonous
  6. protandrous
  7. protandrously
  8. protandry
  9. protanomalies
  10. protanomalous
  11. protanomaly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protandrous (page history and authors); protandrous (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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