[pbs] Terminology Test

Carlo A. Balistrieri carlobal at netzero.com
Tue May 12 21:19:28 EDT 2009


As noted "hysteranthous" means having the flowers appear before the  
leaves. BUT interestingly enough, the OED says, "[e]tymologically the  
word should mean the reverse of this; the correct term would be  
"hysterophyllous".

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