TRIOECIOUS

Etymology

Adjective

trioecious (not comparable)

(botany) Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"); belonging to the former Linnæan order Trioecia.

(zoology) Having three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite, as some nematodes.

Source: Wiktionary


Tri*oe"cious, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Trioecia.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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