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  • adjective See diœcious.

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  • adjective Alternative form of dioecious.

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Examples

  • Obf I have frequently found plants of this genus, fome hermaphrodite, and others dioicous; and in a more forward ftate of their growth, I have obferved fome with long,

    Transactions of the Linnean Society 1791

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