hysteranthous

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?]; see hystero- (“womb”) and antho- (“flower”).

Adjective

hysteranthous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened.

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Related terms

• hysteranthy

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hysteranthous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)