Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Biology Having the male and female reproductive organs, especially flowers, on different individuals.
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- adjective botany Having the
male andfemale reproductive organs on separateplants (of the same species) rather than different parts of the same plant. - adjective zoology Having two distinct
sexes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The botanist explained this to his companions, by saying that these were the male plants, and the growing ones the females; for hemp is what is termed by botanists "dioecious" -- that, is, having male flowers on one plant, and female ones upon another.
The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Mayne Reid 1850
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It is moneocious, which indeed Jacquin, by whom the genus was established, concluded it to be, although first described as dioecious by Gaertner, whose account has been adopted, probably without examination, by
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Unionidae are dioecious, meaning they have separate sexes.
Freshwater mussels in North America - factors affecting their endangerment and extinction 2009
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But unlike most tree species common in the U.S., the ginkgo is dioecious, meaning trees are male or female.
Laudator Temporis Acti Michael Gilleland 2010
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Clams reproduce sexually and like most mollusks they are hermaphroditic although some soft shelled clams are dioecious, meaning they have distinct genders
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Clams reproduce sexually and like most mollusks they are hermaphroditic although some soft shelled clams are dioecious, meaning they have distinct genders
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Clams reproduce sexually and like most mollusks they are hermaphroditic although some soft shelled clams are dioecious, meaning they have distinct genders
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Clams reproduce sexually and like most mollusks they are hermaphroditic, although some soft shelled clams are dioecious, meaning they have distinct genders.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Bat-Cave 2009
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Clams reproduce sexually and like most mollusks they are hermaphroditic although some soft shelled clams are dioecious, meaning they have distinct genders
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Clams reproduce sexually and like most mollusks they are hermaphroditic although some soft shelled clams are dioecious, meaning they have distinct genders
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