Monoecious
/məˈniː.ʃəs/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Adjective
- 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 having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal wordnet
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More examples"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.