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trimonoecious

trimonoecious adjective: that has male, female and bisexual (perfect) flowers on the same individual plant.

Adjective

trimonoecious (not comparable)

  1. That has male, female and bisexual (perfect) flowers on the same individual plant.
    • Finally, there is the trimonoecious group, which has a mixture of staminate, pistillate, and hermaphroditic flowers all on the same plant.1989, Ib Libner Nonnecke, Vegetable Production, page 509
    • Six different sex forms have been reported in C.^([Cucumis]) melo, i.e., monoecious, andromonoecious, gynomonoecious, hermaphrodite, trimonoecious, and gynoecious (Poole and Grimball 1939).1998, J. M. Alvarez, “Chapter 24: Muskmelon”, in S.S. Banga, S.K. Banga, editors, Hybrid Cultivar Development, page 516

Synonyms of trimonoecious

Origin of trimonoecious

From tri- + monoecious.

Questions about trimonoecious

What does trimonoecious mean?
Trimonoecious means that has male, female and bisexual (perfect) flowers on the same individual plant.
What part of speech is trimonoecious?
Trimonoecious is an adjective.

Words near trimonoecious in the dictionary

  1. trimolecular
  2. trimolybdate
  3. trimolybdates
  4. trimolybdenum
  5. trimonite
  6. trimonoecious
  7. trimonoecism
  8. trimonoecy
  9. trimonthlies
  10. trimonthly
  11. trimoraic

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