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diecious

diecious is the alternative spelling of dioecious.

Meaning of dioecious

Adjective

dioecious (not comparable)

  1. Having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather than different parts of the same plant.
    • Most plants are hermaphrodite, even if some of them (hazel, for example) keep their male and female flowers apart. But some plants are dioecious, i.e. they have separate sexes. Some of our most familiar wild plants, such as nettle and red campion, are dioecious. If your holly never has any berries...2014 December 12, Ken Thompson, “Do plants have a gender? Most plants are hermaphrodite, but not all – and an interesting situation arises when only one sex is imported into the UK [print version...
  2. (rare) Having two distinct sexes.
    Synonyms:
    gonochoristic

Questions about diecious

What is diecious the alternative spelling of?
Diecious is the alternative spelling of dioecious.

Words near diecious in the dictionary

  1. diecast
  2. diecasting
  3. diecastings
  4. diecasts
  5. Dieci
  6. diecious
  7. Dieck
  8. Dieckhaus
  9. Dieckman
  10. Dieckmann
  11. Dieckmann condensation

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