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monoecious

 
Dictionary: mo·noe·cious  mo·ne·cious (mə-nē'shəs) pronunciation
also adj.
  1. Botany. Having unisexual reproductive organs or flowers, with the organs or flowers of both sexes borne on a single plant, as in corn and pines.
  2. Biology. Relating to or exhibiting hermaphroditism; hermaphroditic.

[New Latin Monoecia, class name : MONO- + Greek oikiā, dwelling.]

monoeciously mo·noe'cious·ly adv.
monoecism mo·noe'cism (mə-nē'sĭz'əm) n.

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or mo·ne·cious (mə-nē'shəs)
adj.
  1. Having unisexual reproductive organs or flowers, with the organs or flowers of both sexes carried on a single plant, as in corn.
  2. Hermaphroditic.
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Having reproductive organs typical of both sexes in a single individual.

Gardener's Dictionary: monoecious
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Having separate male and female flowers but on the same plant. See also dioecious.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
  Synonym: monecious
  Antonym: dioecious (meaning #1)


 
 

 

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