English Explanatory Dictionary

trioecious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior
  2. Belonging to the former Linnaean order Trioecia, consisting of plants of this type.
  3. Having three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite, as some nematodes.

Pronunciation

/traɪˈiːʃ(ɪ)əs/

Word forms

trioecious triecious triœcious trioicous

Etymology

From tri- + -oecious.

Related words

trioecy trioecism dioecious
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