dioecious
adj.
having male and female sexual organs in different individuals (Biology)
Monoicous
The general meaning of monoecious or monoicous, monocous (from Greek: mono, single, oikos, house) is having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal, as opposed to dioecious or diocious (Greek: dia (diairo: "divide") + oikos, "house"). Synonymous with "mono-*" is syno-*. Synonymous with "dio-*" are paro-* and hetero-*. For example, "synoecious", "heteroecious", and other combinations.In zoology, the preferred terminology has become
hermaphrodite, rather than "monoecious", while
botany has a more specific usage of the terms. An exception are lower animals, e.g., the
phylum of
annelids (that covers
worms and
leeches): they may be monoecious (the same animal bears both
ova and
sperm) or dioecious.
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dioecious
Adjective
1. having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
(synonym) dioecian
(antonym) monoecious, monecious, monoicous
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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