Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protogynous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: pro-tog-y-nous
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exhibiting protogyny.

adj

Whose female parts (stigma) becomes mature before the male ones (anthers).

adj

Whose female parts (archegonia) mature before the male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids.

Etymology

From proto- + -gynous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: proto
Suffix: gynous

Derived Forms

protogynously

Antonyms

protandrous

Questions

What does protogynous mean?: Exhibiting protogyny.
Where does protogynous come from?: From proto- + -gynous.

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