monoecious

monoecious
monoeciously, adv.monoecism /meuh nee"siz euhm/, monoecy, n.
/meuh nee"sheuhs/, adj.
1. Biol. having both male and female organs in the same individual; hermaphroditic.
2. Bot. (of a plant, species, etc.) having the stamens and the pistils in separate flowers on the same plant.
Also, monecious.
[1755-65; < NL (Linnaeus) Monoeci(a) name of the group comprising monoecious plants (equiv. to Gk mon- MON- + oîk(os) house + NL -ia -IA) + -OUS]

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