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di⋅cli⋅nous

[dahy-kluh-nuhs, dahy-klahy-]
–adjective Botany.
1. (of a plant species, variety, etc.) having the stamens and the pistils in separate flowers, either on the same plant or on different plants; either monoecious or dioecious.
2. (of a flower) having only stamens or only pistils; unisexual.

Origin:
1820–30; di- 1 + Gk kln(ē) couch, bed + -ous


di⋅cli⋅nism, noun
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