Monoecious

//məˈniː.ʃəs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers or in the same or different flowers; hermaphrodite. not-comparable

    "Further, species which show continuous variation that is not amenable to orthodox taxonomic treatment, and this is the situation in many monoecious plants, are treated as invariable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal wordnet

Synonyms

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autoicousheteroicousmonecianmoneciousmonoicousparoicous

Example

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"Further, species which show continuous variation that is not amenable to orthodox taxonomic treatment, and this is the situation in many monoecious plants, are treated as invariable."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, solitary”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house, dwelling-place”), equivalent to mono- + -oecious.

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reproductive organ

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