Dioeciously


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Di`oe´cious`ly


adv.1.(Biol.) In a diœcious manner.
Diœciously hermaphrodite
(Bot.) having flowers structurally perfect, but practically diœcious, - those on one plant producing no pollen, and those on another no ovules.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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