polyoicous

adjective

poly·​oi·​cous

variants or polyoecious

¦⸗⸗¦ēshəs

or less commonly polyecious

¦⸗⸗¦ēshəs

: having the archegonia and antheridia sometimes on the same plant and sometimes on different plants

polyoicous mosses

polyoicous liverworts

compare heteroicous, paroicous

polyoicously adverb

or polyoeciously

polyoicousness noun

or polyoeciousness

plural -es

Word History

Etymology

poly- + Greek oikia house + English -ous

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