Definitions for monoecious

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monoecious mo·noe·cious

Spelling: [muh-nee-shuh s]

IPA: /məˈni ʃəs/

Monoecious is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 358 anagrams from letters in monoecious (ceimnooosu).

Definitions for monoecious

adjective

1. Biology. having both male and female organs in the same individual; hermaphroditic.
2. Botany. (of a plant, species, etc.) having the stamens and the pistils in separate flowers on the same plant.

Origin of monoecious

1755-65; New Latin (Linnaeus) Monoeci(a) name of the group comprising monoecious plants (equivalent to Greek mon- mon- + oîk(os) house + New Latin -ia Examples for monoecious

The wild rice, which fills this part of the river, is monoecious.

monoecious: when both sexual elements or glands exist in one individual.

Shrubs, with monoecious or dioecious flowers in catkins, and aromatic foliage.