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paroicous

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pa⋅roi⋅cous

  [puh-roi-kuhs]
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–adjective Botany.
(of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
Also, parecious, pa⋅roe⋅cious  [puh-ree-shuhs] .

Origin:
1885–90; < Gk pároikos dwelling beside, equiv. to par- par- + oîk(os) house + -os adj. suffix; see -ous
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paroicous

adjective
having male and female reproductive organs separate in a single gametoecium 
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