synoecious

alternative synecious · alternative synœcious · alternative synoicous

1. not comparablebiologyWith male and female organs in the same structure.

   Occasional plants of var. viridulus have a synoecious inflorescence but are otherwise typical of the variety.

   1980, Anthony John Edwin Smith, Ruth Smith, The moss flora of Britain and Ireland, page 192

2. not comparableunisex

   The segmentation of the band is expressed in the arrangement of huts and shelters in synoecious camps; households comprising a segment are clustered close together, but are still an integral part of the whole camp.

   1972, M. G. Bicchieri, Hunters and gatherers today: a socioeconomic study of eleven such cultures, page 309