dioecious

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Adjective dioecious has 1 sense

dioecious, dioecian - having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
Antonyms: monoecious, monecious, monoicous, autoicous, heteroicous, polyoicous, polygamous, paroicous, synoicous, synoecious

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Dioecious

Description:

Dioecious is a term used in biology to describe a plant or animal species that has separate male and female individuals, each bearing reproductive organs of only one sex.

Sample sentences:

The holly plant is dioecious, meaning that individual plants can either bear only male or female flowers.
In order to reproduce, dioecious species rely on the pollination or fertilization of male and female individuals.
The watermelon plant is peculiarly dioecious, with some plants producing only male flowers and others only female flowers.

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