dioicous

adjective

di·​oi·​cous

(ˈ)dī¦ȯikəs

: having archegonia and antheridia on separate plants compare dioecious, heteroicous, monoicous, paroicous, synoicous

Word History

Etymology

New Latin dioicus, from di- + -oicus (from Greek oikos house)

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