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MONOICOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does monoicous mean?
• MONOICOUS (adjective)
The adjective MONOICOUS has 1 sense:
1. having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
Familiarity information: MONOICOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
Synonyms:
monecious; monoecious; monoicous
Similar:
autoicous (having male and female reproductive organs in separate clusters on the same plant)
heteroicous; polygamous; polyoicous (having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant)
synoecious; synoicous (having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium)
paroicous (having male and female reproductive organs separate in a single gametoecium)
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