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heteracmy (s) (noun), heteracmies (pl)
The ripening of the stamens and pistils of a flower at different times, including proterandry and proterogyny; proterogyny: Heteracmy pertains to flowers in that cross-fertilization is obtained by the pistils maturing before the stamens.

Heteracmy is the opposite of synacmy.

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