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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