monoicous

adjective

mo·​noi·​cous

məˈnȯikəs

variants or less commonly monoecious

-nēshəs 

: having archegonia and antheridia on different branches of the same plant compare autoicous, dioicous, heteroicous, paroicous, polyoicous, synoicous

Word History

Etymology

mon- + -oicous (from Greek oikos house + English -ous)

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