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Dioeciously

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di·oe·cious also di·e·cious  (d-shs)
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- + Greek oiki, a dwelling; see weik-1 in Indo-European roots.]

di·oecious·ly adv.
di·oecism (-szm) n.


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