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Dioecious   Listen
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Dioecious, Dioecian  adj.  (Biol.) Having the sexes in two separate individuals; applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; opposed to monoecious.






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"Dioecious" Quotes from Famous Books



... by dividing the roots in April or May; and this method must be adopted in propagating the dioecious kinds, when male plants are required. "The best plants, however, are obtained from seed; but the varieties, when sown, are liable to return to their original type. All the care necessary is to hoe the ground between the rows, when needed to fork it over in spring and autumn, and to take ...
— The Field and Garden Vegetables of America • Fearing Burr



Words linked to "Dioecious" :   monoecious, dioecian



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