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protoandrous

protoandrous is the alternative form of protandrous.

Meaning of protandrous

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.

Origin of protoandrous

From proto- + -androus.

Questions about protoandrous

What is protoandrous the alternative form of?
Protoandrous is the alternative form of protandrous.

Words near protoandrous in the dictionary

  1. protoalkaloids
  2. protoanalysis
  3. protoanalytical
  4. protoancestor
  5. protoancestors
  6. protoandrous
  7. protoanemonin
  8. protoanthophyllite
  9. protoapigenone
  10. protoaspidistrin
  11. protoatmosphere

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