proterandry (proterandri)

pos, being before, fore, former, + ἀνήρ ( άνδρ- ), male (in mod. bot. stamen).] 1. In bot., the maturation of the anthers and the discharge of the pollen in a hermaphrodite flower before the stigmas of that flower are receptive of pollen: an adaptation for cro -fertilization. Compare proterogyny, and see dichogamy and heteracтy. -2. In zoöl., development of male maphrodite animals before the development or maturation of those of the opposite sex. L. protend ere, stretch forth or out, He spoke no more, but hasten'd, void of fear, And threaten'd with his long protended spear. If the polypides are unisexual, then the proterandry refers only to the colony as a whole. W. A. Herdman , Nature, XXXVII. 213. Also protandry . Dryden, Eneid, x. proteranthous (prot-e-ran'thus), a . [ ἄνθος , flower.] In bot . , noting a plant whose flowers appear before the leaves. Asa Gray. Thy fate was next, O Phaestus! doom'd to feel The great Idomeneus' protended steel. Pope , Iliad, v. 58. From hill to hill he hies, His staff protending like a hunter's spear, Or by its aid leaping from crag to crag. Words worth, Prelude, viii. pro ten set (prō-tens'), n. [Irreg. for protension, q. v.] Extension; drawing out. [Rare.] Begin, O Clio! and recount from hence My glorious Soveraines goodly ancestrye, Till that by dew degrees, and long protense , Thou have it lastly brought unto her Excellence. IMG:content-1143.png:[blocks in formation] proterobase (protʼe-rō-bās), n. [ Opisthoglo a . proteroglo ate (prot"e-rō-glos'āt), a. [