monœcious

A form of monoecious — Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers or in the same or different flowers; hermaphrodite.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivemonœcious (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableArchaic form of monoecious.

    In monœcious mosses the separation of the sexes occurs in the somatic divisions at the time the sex organs are formed.

    1921, An Introduction to Cytology, McGraw‐Hill Book Company, Inc.; Chapter XVI., page 356
Cite this entry
APA

monœcious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mon%C5%93cious

MLA

“monœcious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mon%C5%93cious. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monœcious,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mon%C5%93cious.

Source: monœcious on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.