ANDRODIOECIOUS | • androdioecious adj. Relating to, or exhibiting, androdioecy. • ANDRODIOECIOUS adj. having hermaphrodite and male flowers on separate plants. |
ANDROMONOECIOUS | • andromonoecious adj. (Botany) Producing both bisexual and male flowers on the same plant. • ANDROMONOECIOUS adj. having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant. |
AUTOECIOUS | • autoecious adj. Pertaining to a fungus, most often a rust, completing its life cycle on one host. • AUTOECIOUS adj. of fungus, etc., passing through all life stages on same species of host, also AUTECIOUS. |
AUTOECIOUSLY | • autoeciously adv. In an autoecious manner. • AUTOECIOUS adv. of fungus, etc., passing through all life stages on same species of host, also AUTECIOUS. |
DIOECIOUS | • dioecious adj. (Botany) Having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather… • dioecious adj. (Zoology, rare) Having two distinct sexes. • diœcious adj. Alternative spelling of dioecious. |
DIOECIOUSLY | • dioeciously adv. (Biology) In a dioecious manner. • DIOECIOUS adv. having male and female sexual organs in different individuals, also DIECIOUS, DIOICOUS. |
DIOECIOUSNESS | • dioeciousness n. (Biology) The state or quality of being dioecious. • DIOECIOUS n. having male and female sexual organs in different individuals, also DIECIOUS, DIOICOUS. |
DIOECIOUSNESSES | • DIOECIOUSNESS n. DIOECIOUS, having male and female sexual organs in different individuals, also DIECIOUS, DIOICOUS. |
EURYOECIOUS | • euryoecious adj. (Ecology) Able to live in variable habitats or conditions. • EURYOECIOUS adj. (of an organism) able to live under variable conditions. |
GYNODIOECIOUS | • gynodioecious adj. (Botany) dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears… • GYNODIOECIOUS adj. having hermaphrodite and female flowers on different plants. |
GYNOMONOECIOUS | • gynomonoecious adj. (Botany) Having bisexual flowers and female flowers on the same plant. • GYNOMONOECIOUS adj. having hermaphrodite and female flowers on the same plant. |
HETEROECIOUS | • heteroecious adj. (Biology) Of dependent organisms, spending portions of the life cycle on different types of hosts. • heterœcious adj. Obsolete form of heteroecious. • HETEROECIOUS adj. parasitism upon several hosts. |
MONOECIOUS | • monoecious adj. (Botany, invertebrate) Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either… • monœcious adj. Archaic form of monoecious. • MONOECIOUS adj. having separate male and female flowers on the same plant, also MONECIAN, MONECIOUS, MONOICOUS. |
MONOECIOUSLY | • MONOECIOUS adv. having separate male and female flowers on the same plant, also MONECIAN, MONECIOUS, MONOICOUS. |
PAROECIOUS | • paroecious adj. (Bryology) Having the male and female reproductive organs in close proximity. • parœcious adj. Obsolete form of paroecious. • PAROECIOUS adj. of certain mosses, having the male and female reproductive organs near one another, also PARECIOUS, PAROICOUS. |
SYNOECIOSES | • SYNOECIOSIS n. the rhetorical figure of coupling opposites. |
SYNOECIOSIS | • SYNOECIOSIS n. the rhetorical figure of coupling opposites. |
SYNOECIOUS | • synoecious adj. (Botany) With male and female organs in the same structure. • synoecious adj. Unisex. • SYNOECIOUS adj. having antheridia and archegonia in the same group, also SYNOICOUS. |
TRIOECIOUS | • trioecious adj. (Botany) Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also… • trioecious adj. (Botany) Belonging to the former Linnæan order Trioecia, consisting of plants of this type. • trioecious adj. (Zoology) Having three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite, as some nematodes. |