Usually means: Flowering before leaves appear annually.
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  1. hysteranthous: Collins English Dictionary
  2. hysteranthous: Wordnik
  3. hysteranthous: Wiktionary
  4. Hysteranthous, hysteranthous: Dictionary.com
  5. Hysteranthous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. hysteranthous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Hysteranthous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. hysteranthous: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Hysteranthous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Hysteranthous: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (hysteranthous)

adjective:  (botany) Having the leaves emerge after the flowers have opened. It typically refers to geophytes that flower when the plant is dormant and without leaves during a dry season. This contrasts with synanthous plants that flower at the same time as the leaves are present.

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