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From emprostho- + -dromous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Of a flower: such that the genetic spiral on its shortest way from the bract to the outermost perianth-segment passes outside the flower, farthest from the axis. Full definition →
From emprostho- + -dromous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.