dioecious


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di·oe·cious

also di·e·cious  (dī-ē′shəs)
adj.
Biology Having the male and female reproductive organs, especially flowers, on different individuals.

[From New Latin Dioecia, former class name : di- + Greek oikiā, a dwelling; see weik- in Indo-European roots.]

di·oe′cism (-sĭz′əm) n.
di′oe′cy (-sē) n.
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dioecious

(daɪˈiːʃəs) or

diecious

;

dioicous

(daɪˈɔɪkəs)
adj
(Botany) (of some plants) having the male and female reproductive organs in separate flowers on separate plants. Compare monoecious
[C18: from New Latin Dioecia name of class, from di1 + Greek oikia house, dwelling]
diˈoeciously, diˈeciously, diˈoicously adv
diˈoeciousness, diˈeciousness, diˈoicousness n
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di•oe•cious

or di•e•cious

(daɪˈi ʃəs)

adj.
(esp. of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
[1740–50; < New Latin Dioeci(a) a Linnaean class of plants having this feature]
di•oe′cious•ly, adv.
di•oe′cious•ness, n.
di•oe′cism (-sɪz əm) n.
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di·oe·cious

(dī-ē′shəs)
Having male flowers on one plant and female flowers on another plant of the same species. The holly and asparagus plants are dioecious. Compare monoecious.
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dioecious

A term that indicates that male and female flowers are produced on separate plants.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.dioecious - having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
monecious, monoecious, monoicous - having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
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Translations
דו-ביתי
diecodióico
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The plants are dioecious, with separate male and female trees.
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Ants also were frequent floral visitors and potential symbionts, though they are unlikely pollinators of this dioecious species.
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis, a dioecious species, were collected at least monthly between January 2006 and October 2006.
Adults produce eggs either by production of eggs and sperm in the same worm (hermaphroditic) or in separate male and female worms (dioecious).
Because the shrub is dioecious, you will need to have male and female plants to get the orange berries.
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This dioecious (separate male and female plants) tree species is highly threatened by an introduced insect for which there is currently no control.
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The resistant hydrilla is a dioecious, female form that reproduces asexually.
Dioecious trees; juvenile leaves 3-6 mm long, sharp pointed, entire, adult leaves appressed, scalelike, overlapping, 1-3 mm long, entire; pollen cones terminal, single, 3-5 mm long, consisting of 3-7 sporophylls; ovulate cones berrylike, pedunculate, globose to subglobose, 3-9 mm long; seeds 1-2, rarely 3 or 4, per cone, 1.5-4.0 mm long.