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MONOECIOUS
monoecious, monecious, monoicous
(adjective) having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
monoecious (not comparable)
(botany, invertebrate) Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers or in the same or different flowers; hermaphrodite.
Coordinate terms
• bisexual
• dioecious
• synoecious
• trimonoecious
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*noe"cious, a. (Biol.)
Definition: Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to Ant: dioecious.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONSCIENTIOUS
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