Terminology Test
Carlo A. Balistrieri (Tue, 12 May 2009 18:19:28 PDT)

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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