Protogyny


protogyny

[prō′täj·ə·nē] (physiology) A condition in hermaphroditic or dioecious organisms in which the female reproductive structures mature before the male structures.

Protogyny

 

a state in which the stigmata of the pistils ripen earlier than the pollen of a plant. Protogyny is an adaptation to cross-pollination (seeDICHOGAMY and ).