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androecious

androecious adjective: having masculine reproductive organs.

Adjective

androecious (not comparable)

  1. Having masculine reproductive organs.

Origin of androecious

From andro- + -ecious, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr, “male”) in combination with οἰκία (oikía, “residency”).

Questions about androecious

What does androecious mean?
Androecious means having masculine reproductive organs.
What part of speech is androecious?
Androecious is an adjective.

Words near androecious in the dictionary

  1. androdioecy
  2. androdynamic
  3. androdynamous
  4. androecia
  5. androecial
  6. androecious
  7. androecium
  8. androecy
  9. androg
  10. androgen
  11. androgen insensitivity syndrome

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