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cosexual

cosexual adjective: producing both pollen and ovules.

Adjective

cosexual (not comparable)

  1. Producing both pollen and ovules.
  2. Being able to reproduce as both female and male.
    • The platyctenid Coeloplana gonoctena is protandrous (151) and probably is a true sex changer. Females are larger than males and are found only at the end of summer, while males are found all year. It is ectocommensal on an anthozoan. Other members of the genus are cosexual.1982, David Policansky, “Sex change in plants and animals”, in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, volume 13, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 471–495

Noun

cosexual (plural cosexuals)

  1. A cosexual organism.
    • First, many plants that appear to change sex are really sequential or alternating cosexuals; the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis (220), and com, Zea mays (173), are examples[…]1982, David Policansky, “Sex change in plants and animals”, in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, volume 13, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 471–495

Synonyms of cosexual

  • simultaneous hermaphrodite

Forms of cosexual

pluralcosexuals

Origin of cosexual

From co- + sexual.

Questions about cosexual

What does cosexual mean?
Cosexual means producing both pollen and ovules.
What part of speech is cosexual?
Cosexual can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cosexual in the dictionary

  1. coses
  2. coset
  3. cosets
  4. cosettler
  5. cosettlers
  6. cosexual
  7. cosexuality
  8. cosexuals
  9. cosey
  10. coseys
  11. cosfamous

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