dioecious

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dioecious /dʌɪˈiːʃəs/

▶adjective Biology (of a plant or invertebrate animal) having the male and female reproductive organs in separate individuals. Compare with monoecious.

– derivatives
dioecy noun.

– origin C18: from mod. L. Dioecia (a class in Linnaeus's system), from di-1 + Gk -oikos ‘house’.

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alternation of generations - monoecious

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