monoecious
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monoecious
- /məˈniː.ʃəs/
Rhymes with -iːʃəs
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From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, solitary”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house, dwelling-place”), equivalent to mono- + -oecious.
adjective monecious · monœcious · monoicous
- Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers or in the same or different flowers; hermaphrodite. Further, species which show continuous variation that is not amenable to orthodox taxonomic treatment, and this is the situation in many monoecious plants, are treated as invariable.
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Talk about this word "monoecious." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/monoecious. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. monoecious. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/monoecious "monoecious." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/monoecious.Cite this
@misc{monoecious_2026,
title = {monoecious},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monoecious},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
