Meaning of proteranthous | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of a plant: having flowers that appear earlier than the leaves.
   not-comparable, rare
2. Of a plant: having leaves that appear earlier than the flowers.
   not-comparable, rare

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Examples

“Proteranthous (-us). Where flowering precedes leafing.”

“The prevernal period begins with the first blooming after the period of rest⟳, and lasts until the foliation of the proteranthous trees, altogether hardly more than two weeks.”

“The heteranthous inflorescence is a development from the proteranthous condition in which the growth of the pseudobulb and leaves is deferred until after the flowering […]”

“Proteranthous; when leaves appear⟳ before the flowers.”

“In hysteranthous plants, the photosynthesis rate is very low from flower emergence until anthesis. […] In contrast, in proteranthous growth the foliage dies down before the flower is produced and photosynthesis takes place⟳ before flowering[…].”

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