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Monoecious

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Adjective

1. monecious, monoecious, monoicous

having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Monoecious

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adjective
1. 
(of some flowering plants) having the male and female reproductive organs in separate flowers on the same plant
2. 
(of some animals and lower plants) hermaphrodite

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Monoecious

see synonyms of monoecious
adjective
1.  Botany
having separate male flowers and female flowers on the same plant, as in corn
2.  Zoology
having both male and female reproductive organs in the same individual; hermaphroditic

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Monoecious

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adj.
1. Botany Having unisexual reproductive organs or flowers, with the organs or flowers of both sexes borne on a single plant, as in pines and corn (maize).
2. Biology Relating to or exhibiting hermaphroditism; hermaphroditic.

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