trioecious

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/traɪˈiːʃ(ɪ)əs/

adjective

Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior

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Meanings

adjectivetrioecious (not comparable)

alternative triecious · alternative triœcious · alternative trioicous

  1. not comparablebiologyHaving male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior
  2. not comparableobsoletebiologyBelonging to the former Linnaean order Trioecia, consisting of plants of this type.
  3. not comparablebiologyHaving three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite, as some nematodes.

Origin

From tri- + -oecious.

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