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A Writer's Dictionary:

monoecious Definition


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monoecious
adj
    1. bot.
      Said of a plant: with separate male and female reproductive parts in the same plant.
    2. biol.
      Said of an animal: with both male and female sexual organs; hermaphrodite. Compare dioecious.
Etymology: 18c: from mono- + Greek oikos house.



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