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Synoecious - 2 dictionary results

syn⋅oi⋅cous

  [si-noi-kuhs]
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–adjective Botany.
having male and female flowers on one head, as in many composite plants.
Also, synecious, syn⋅oe⋅cious  [si-nee-shuhs] .

Origin:
1860–65; < Gk sýnoikos dwelling in the same house, equiv. to syn- syn- + oik- (base of oîkos, oikía house, oikeîn to dwell) + -os adj. suffix; see -ous

Related forms:
syn⋅oi⋅cous⋅ly, syn⋅oe⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
syn⋅oi⋅cous⋅ness, syn⋅oe⋅cious⋅ness, noun
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Synoecious

Syn*[oe]"cious\, a. [Pref. syn- + Gr. ? house.] (Bot.) Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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