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trioecious

/traɪˈiːʃ(ɪ)əs/

trioecious adjective: having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior.

Adjective

trioecious (not comparable)

  1. Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior
  2. (obsolete) Belonging to the former Linnaean order Trioecia, consisting of plants of this type.
  3. Having three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite, as some nematodes.

Forms of trioecious

alternative formtriecious
alternative formtriœcious
alternative formtrioicous

Origin of trioecious

From tri- + -oecious.

Questions about trioecious

What does trioecious mean?
Trioecious means having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior.
What part of speech is trioecious?
Trioecious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce trioecious?
Trioecious is pronounced /traɪˈiːʃ(ɪ)əs/.

Words near trioecious in the dictionary

  1. triodias
  2. Triodion
  3. Triodions
  4. triodontid
  5. triodontids
  6. trioecious
  7. trioecism
  8. trioecy
  9. trioicous
  10. triok
  11. triokinase

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