dioecious
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dioecious
- /daɪ̯ˈiːʃəs/
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From di- + -oecious.
adjective diaecious · diœcious · dioicous
- Having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather than different parts of the same plant. Most plants are hermaphrodite, even if some of them (hazel, for example) keep their male and female flowers apart. But some plants are dioecious, i.e. they have separate sexes. Some of our most familiar wild plants, such as nettle and red campion, are dioecious. If your holly never has any berries,
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Having two distinct sexes.
Similar: gonochoristic
Opposite: monoecious, synoecious
Thesaurus
adjective
Opposite: monoecious, synoecious
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adj botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
| 中文 | 雌雄異株 /雌雄异株 |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | एकलिंगाश्रयी ekliṅgāśrayī |
| Português | dioico |
| Français | dioïque |
| Deutsch | diözisch, zweihäusig, getrenntgeschlechtig |
| Русский | двудо́мный dvudómnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | biệt chu |
| עברית | דו־ביתי du-beiti |
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title = {dioecious},
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