trioecious
(traɪˈiːʃəs) or triecious
adj (Botany) (of a plant species) having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers in three different plants
[C18: from New Latin trioecia, from Greek tri- + oikos house]
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tri•oe•cious
(traɪˈi ʃəs)
adj. of or pertaining to a species having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on different plants.
[1855–60; < New Latin
Trioeci(a) former order name (Greek
tri- tri- +
oikía, pl. of
oikíon house =
oîk(os) house +
-ion diminutive suffix) +
-ous]
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