dioecious – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
dioecious
adj.
having male and female sexual organs in different individuals (Biology)
Dioecy
Dioecy (
Greek: "two households"; adjective form:
dioecious) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms or colonies, meaning that a colony contains only either male or female individuals.
Dioecious reproduction is biparental reproduction.
dioecious
Adjective
1. having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
(synonym) dioecian
(antonym) monoecious, monecious, monoicous
Dioecious
(a.)
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 monoecious.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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