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Protogyny
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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 ).
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