Definitions

1. adjective

In botany, having flowers in which the stamens mature before the pistils, as in some species of plants, or in some animals, having the male reproductive organs mature before the female reproductive organs.

“Some species of fish are protandric hermaphrodites, meaning they start as males and then switch to females.”

2. noun

A protandrous hermaphrodite, or a plant with protandrous flowers.

“The protandric species of orchids are commonly found in tropical regions.”