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Adjective: monoecious  mu'nee-shus
  1. Having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
    "Monoecious plants bear the pistil and staminate flowers on the same individual and are always fruitful";
    - monecious, monoicous

See also: autoicous, heteroicous, paroicous, polygamous, polyoicous, synoecious, synoicous

Antonym: dioecious

Encyclopedia: Monoecious

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