Definition of dioecious. Meaning of dioecious. Synonyms of dioecious

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Definition of dioecious

Dioecious
Dioecian Di*[oe]"cian, Dioecious Di*[oe]"cious, a. (Biol.) Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to mon[oe]cious.

Meaning of dioecious from wikipedia

- dy-EE-see; from Ancient Gr**** διοικία dioikía 'two households'; adj. dioecious, /daɪˈiːʃ(i)əs/ dy-EE-sh(ee-)əs) is a characteristic of certain species...
- Dioecious sedge is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Carex dioica, native to Europe and western Siberia Carex sterilis, native to North...
- described as dioecious. A 1995 study found that about 6% of angiosperm species are dioecious, and that 7% of genera contain some dioecious species. Members...
- the term 'monoecious' for this situation and 'dioecious' for the opposite. Here 'monoecious' and 'dioecious' are used only for sporophytes.) The liverwort...
- flower) or monoecious. In dioecious species male and female ****es are on separate plants. About 5% of flowering plants are dioecious, resulting from as many...
- explain why many species produce equal number of males and females. In dioecious species, where individuals are either male or female for their entire...
- only living genus in that family. Ilex has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus. The species are evergreen or deciduous trees, shrubs...
- self-incompatibility to discriminate between self and non-self pollen grains. Dioecious plants such as holly have male and female flowers on separate plants....
- Indonesians through ancient trade routes.[citation needed] Nutmeg trees are dioecious plants (individual plants are either male or female), which are propagated...
- amaranth genus. It has several common names, including carelessweed, dioecious amaranth, Palmer's amaranth, Palmer amaranth, and Palmer's pigweed. It...