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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIOECIOUSLY

DIOECIOUSLY Di *oe "cious *ly, adv. (Biol.)

 

Defn: In a dioecious manner. Dioeciously hermaphrodite (Bot. ), having flowers structurally perfect, but practically dioecious, -- those on one plant producing no pollen, and those on another no ovules.

 

DIOECIOUSNESS

DIOECIOUSNESS Di *oe "cious *ness, n. (Biol.)

 

Defn: The state or quality of being dioecious.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dioecious

di oe cious |dīˈēSHəs daɪˈiʃəs | ▶adjective Biology (of a plant or invertebrate animal ) having the male and female reproductive organs in separate individuals. Compare with monoecious. DERIVATIVES di oe cy |ˈdīˌēsē |noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from modern Latin Dioecia (a class in Linnaeus's sexual system ), from di- 1 ‘two ’ + Greek -oikos ‘house. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

dioecious

dioecious |dʌɪˈiːʃəs | ▶adjective Biology (of a plant or invertebrate animal ) having the male and female reproductive organs in separate individuals. Compare with monoecious. DERIVATIVES dioecy noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from modern Latin Dioecia (a class in Linnaeus's sexual system ), from di- 1 ‘two ’ + Greek -oikos ‘house ’.