ANDRODIOECISM | • androdioecism n. The property of being androdioecious. • ANDRODIOECISM n. the state of being androdioecious, having hermaphrodite and male flowers on separate plants. |
ANDROMONOECISM | • ANDROMONOECISM n. having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant. |
AUTECISM | • AUTECISM n. the development of the entire life cycle of a parasite on a single host, also AUTOECISM. |
AUTOECISM | • autoecism n. (Ecology, of a parasite or dependent organism) The fact of completing an entire life cycle on a single host species. • autoecism n. (Botany, of a plant) The fact of having male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant. • AUTOECISM n. the development of the entire life cycle of a parasite on a single host, also AUTECISM. |
DIOECISM | • dioecism n. The devolution of a city into its formerly subordinate constituents, the opposite of synoecism. • dioecism n. (Biology) The condition of being dioecious. • DIOECISM n. the condition of being dioecious, having male and female sexual organs in different individuals. |
GYNODIOECISM | • GYNODIOECISM n. the state of being gynodioecious. |
GYNOMONOECISM | • GYNOMONOECISM n. the state of being gynomonoecious. |
HETEROECISM | • heteroecism n. Quality of being heteroecious. • heterœcism n. (Mycology) Development of different stages of the same growth on different host‐plants; production of… • HETEROECISM n. a form of parasitism that requires two (usually unrelated) host species to complete its life-cycle. |
MONOECISM | • monoecism n. (Biology) The state or condition of being monoecious. • MONOECISM n. the state or condition of being monoecious, having both male and female reproductive organs. |
PARECISM | • PARECISM n. the state of being parecious, of certain mosses, having the male and female reproductive organs near one another, also PAROECISM. |
PAROECISM | • paroecism n. The quality of being paroecious. • PAROECISM n. the state of having the male and female reproductive organs at different levels on the same stem, also PARECISM. |
SOLECISM | • solecism n. An erroneous or improper usage. • solecism n. (Grammar) Error in the use of language. • solecism n. (By extension) A faux pas or breach of etiquette; a transgression against the norms of expected behavior. |
SYNOECISM | • synoecism n. (Ancient Greece) The unification of towns, tribes etc. under one capital city or polis. • synœcism n. Alternative spelling of synoecism. • SYNOECISM n. association of species with benefit to one and neither harm nor benefit to other. |