adj. 1. Botany Having unisexual reproductive organs or flowers, with the organs or flowers of both sexes borne on a single plant, as in pines and corn (maize). 2. Biology Relating to or exhibiting hermaphroditism; hermaphroditic. [New Latin Monoecia, class name : MONO- + Greek oikiā, dwelling; see weik-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] mo·noecism (mə-nēsĭz′əm) n. mo·noecy (-sē) n. |
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