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DIECIOUS

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di⋅e⋅cious

  [dahy-ee-shuhs]
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–adjective Biology.
dioecious.
Related forms:
di⋅e⋅cious⋅ly, adverb

di⋅oe⋅cious

  [dahy-ee-shuhs]
–adjective Biology.
(esp. of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
Also, diecious.

Origin:
1740–50; < NL Dioeci(a) a class name (di- di- 1 + Gk oikía a house, dwelling, sp. var. of oîkos) + -ous

Related forms:
di⋅oe⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
di⋅oe⋅cious⋅ness, noun
di⋅oe⋅cism  [dahy-ee-siz-uhm] , noun
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di·e·cious   (dī-ē'shəs)   
adj.  Variant of dioecious.
di·oe·cious also di·e·cious   (dī-ē'shəs)   
adj.   Botany

  1. Having the male and female reproductive organs borne on separate individuals of the same species.

  2. Characterized by species in which the male and female reproductive organs occur on different individuals; sexually distinct.


[From New Latin Dioecia, former class name : di-1 + Greek oikiā, a dwelling; see weik-1 in Indo-European roots.]
di·oe'cious·ly adv., di·oe'cism (-sĭz'əm) n.
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diecious di·e·cious (dī-ē'shəs)
adj.
Variant of dioecious.

dioecious di·oe·cious or di·e·cious (dī-ē'shəs)
adj.
Of or relating to organisms, especially plants, having the male and female reproductive organs borne on separate individuals of the same species; sexually distinct.

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