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monoecious
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective monoecious has 1 sense
- monoecious(a = adj.all) monecious, monoicous - having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal; Array Antonym: dioecious
OXFORD DICTIONARY
monoecious, adj.
1 Bot. with unisexual male and female organs on the same plant.
2 Zool. hermaphrodite.
1 Bot. with unisexual male and female organs on the same plant.
2 Zool. hermaphrodite.
Etymology
mod.L Monoecia the class of such plants (Linnaeus) f. Gk monos single + oikos house
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