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monoecious

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From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, solitary”) +‎ οἶκος (oîkos, “house, dwelling-place”), equivalent to mono- +‎ -oecious.

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monoecious (not comparable)

  1. (botany, invertebrate) Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers[1] or in the same or different flowers;[2] hermaphrodite.
    • 1978, A. J. E. Smith, “Cytogenetics, Biosystematics and Evolution in the Bryophyta”, in H. W. Woolhouse, editor, Advances in Botanical Research, volume 6, page 247:
      Further, species which show continuous variation that is not amenable to orthodox taxonomic treatment, and this is the situation in many monoecious plants, are treated as invariable.
    • 1997, LeRoy Holm, Jerry Doll, Eric Holm, Juan Pancho, James Herberger, World Weeds: Natural Histories and Distribution, page 398:
      Recently, monoecious plants have been found in several places in the United States. The plants of Australia are monoecious and dioecious.
    • 1999, Monica A. Geber, Gender and Sexual Dimorphism in Flowering Plants, page 70:
      Two factors are likely to allow the establishment of forms with reduced pollen output (i.e., fewer male flowers) in a monoecious population: increased seed fitness as a result of an increase in the ratio of female to male flowers, and a reduced rate of self-fertilisation.

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  1. [1]
    Hickey, M. & King, C. (2001), The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms, Cambridge University Press
  2. [2]
    Beentje, Henk. (2010), The Kew Plant Glossary, Richmond, Surrey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, →ISBN

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