different between synoecious vs dioecious

English

Alternative forms

• synecious
• synœcious

Etymology

syn- +? -oecious

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??ni???s/

Adjective

synoecious (not comparable)

1. (botany) With male and female organs in the same structure.
   • 1980, Anthony John Edwin Smith & Ruth Smith, The moss flora of Britain and Ireland^[1], page 192:

     Occasional plants of var. viridulus have a synoecious inflorescence but are otherwise typical of the variety.

2. unisex
   • 1972, M. G. Bicchieri, Hunters and gatherers today: a socioeconomic study of eleven such cultures^[2], page 309:

     The segmentation of the band is expressed in the arrangement of huts and shelters in synoecious camps; households comprising a segment are clustered close together, but are still an integral part of the whole camp.

English

Alternative forms

• diœcious

Etymology

di- +? -oecious

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da???i???s/

Adjective

dioecious (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather than different parts of the same plant.
2. (zoology, rare) Having two distinct sexes.

Usage notes

This term is mainly used of species in the plant kingdom. The corresponding term in zoology is gonochoristic.

Antonyms

• monoecious
• synoecious

Derived terms

Related terms

• dioecism
• dioecy

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