monoecious

English

Alternative forms

• monœcious
• monecious

Etymology

mono- + -oecious

Adjective

monoecious (comparative more monoecious, superlative most monoecious)

1. (botany) Having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts (e.g. different flowers) of the same plant rather than on separate plants (of the same species)
2. (biology) hermaphroditic

Antonyms

• monoecy
• dioecious
• synoecious

Translations

botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant

• Catalan: monoeci (ca)
• Hebrew: חד־ביתי (he) (had-beiti)

• Hungarian: egylaki (hu)