Definition of dioecious

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Dioecious (a.) Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to monoecious..

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Dioeciously :: Dioeciously (adv.) In a dioecious manner.
Dioicous :: Dioicous (a.) See Dioecious.
Diecious :: Diecious (a.) See Dioecian, and Dioecious..
Gynodioecious :: Gynodioecious (a.) Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers..
Dioeciousness :: Dioeciousness (n.) The state or quality of being dioecious.
Dioecism :: Dioecism (n.) The condition of being dioecious.
Dioecious :: Dioecious (a.) Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to monoecious..
Monoecious :: Monoecious (a.) Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to dioecious..
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