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monoecious

Syllabification: (mo·noe·cious)
Pronunciation: /məˈnēSHəs/

Definition of monoecious

adjective

Biology
  • (of a plant or invertebrate animal) having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual; hermaphrodite. Compare with dioecious.

Derivatives

monoecy


noun

Origin:

mid 18th century: from modern Latin Monoecia (denoting a class of such plants in Linnaeus's system), from Greek monos 'single' + oikos 'house'

monoecious in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of monoecious in the British & World English dictionary