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protogynous

protogynous adjective: exhibiting protogyny.

Adjective

protogynous (not comparable)

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

protogynous meaning in Tamil

protogynous in Tamil

பெண்ணகமுன்முதிர்கின்ற, முன் முதிரும் சூலகம், முன் முதிரும் பெண்ணகம்

Antonyms of protogynous

Origin of protogynous

From proto- + -gynous.

Words formed from protogynous

Questions about protogynous

What does protogynous mean?
Protogynous means exhibiting protogyny.
What is protogynous in Tamil?
Protogynous in Tamil is பெண்ணகமுன்முதிர்கின்ற, முன் முதிரும் சூலகம், முன் முதிரும் பெண்ணகம். See Protogynous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is protogynous?
Protogynous is an adjective.

Words near protogynous in the dictionary

  1. protographs
  2. Protogreek
  3. protogroup
  4. protogroups
  5. protogrunge
  6. protogynous
  7. protogynously
  8. protogyny
  9. protohaem
  10. protohaemin
  11. protohaemins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protogynous (page history and authors); protogynous (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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