monoecious
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- adjective
- /məˈniːʃəs/
- Specialized
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monoico
- Many figs, typified by the monoecious hemi-epiphytes, are simply too rare.
- monoecious and dioecious
- monoecious fig
Examples
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Researchers fear potential cross-pollination between monoecious and dioecious hydrilla in areas where both biotypes grow together.
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They encounter words like monoecious and dioecious to describe the arrangement of male and female flowers on trees; perfect, imperfect, or complete to describe the flower; compound or simple to describe the leaves; and other botanical terms for characteristics such as leaf shape, margin, and venation.
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The development of a monoecious fig.
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The monoecious hemi-epiphytic figs are particularly interesting for such studies.
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It is equally difficult to predict the level of genetic variation within a sexual aquatic plant species simply from its sexual condition (hermaphroditic, monoecious, or dioecious).
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Nevertheless, even in the Indo-Pacific region, most of the diversity results from just a few speciose lineages, and in the Neotropics and Africa, only the monoecious hemi-epiphytes contribute significantly to high alpha diversity.
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A monoecious form—that is, with both male and female flowers on the same plant—appeared in the mid-Atlantic states years after the dioecious biotype was found in Florida.
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Monoecious hemi-epiphytic figs, constituting independent radiations in each region (Figure 2), contribute substantially to Ficus alpha-diversity everywhere.
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Most cucumbers are monoecious; that is, separate male and female flowers are borne on the same plant.
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Relatively stable monoecious varieties have been developed through breeding and selection.
Synonyms
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Having both male and female sex organs
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An animal or plant that has both male and female sex organs
Having both male and female parts in the same plant
Having both male and female sex parts on the same plant
Having both male and female reproductive parts in the same body, as in some flowers or animals
Having both male and female reproductive parts in the same plant structure
Having male, female, and bisexual flowers on the same plant
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
monoecious = mono + ecious
Although mono- is a recognizable combining form meaning 'one', the remainder is a learned scientific element, so the full botanical meaning is not predictable for an average learner from the parts.
Etymology
Monoecious comes from Greek parts mono- 'one' (as in monarch) and oikos 'house', so it means 'one house', which helps you remember that a monoecious plant has both male and female parts on the same individual.