monoecious

[ muh-nee-shuhs ]

adjective

1. Biology. having both male and female organs in the same individual; hermaphroditic.
2. Botany. (of a plant, species, etc.) having the stamens and the pistils in separate flowers on the same plant.

monoecious

/ mɒˈniːʃəs; mɒˈnɔɪkəs /

adjective

1. (of some flowering plants) having the male and female reproductive organs in separate flowers on the same plant
2. (of some animals and lower plants) hermaphrodite

monoecious

/ mə-nē′shəs /

1. Having separate male flowers and female flowers on the same plant. Maize and oaks are monoecious plants.
2. Compare dioecious

Derived Forms

• moˈnoeciously, adverb

Other Words From

• mo·noecious·ly adverb
• mo·noecism [m, uh, -, nee, -siz-, uh, m], mo·noecy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of monoecious¹

First recorded in 1755–65; from New Latin (Linnaeus) Monoeci(a) the name of the group comprising monoecious plants, equivalent to Greek mon- “sole, one” + oîk(os) “house” + Latin -ia noun suffix; mon-, -ia, -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of monoecious¹

C18: from New Latin monoecia, from mono- + Greek oikos house

Example Sentences

The term for this is "monoecious," and because pumpkins are monoecious, they can cross pollinate with other pumpkins to create vegetables with a wide range of colors, shapes, textures and other variations.

From Salon

As flowering plants, they had four choices: male, female, non-reproductive, and monoecious, a state in which both male and female flowers were present on the same tree.

From Scientific American

Lots of other trees, like me, are called “monoecious.”

From Literature

Flowers monoecious or dioecious, unisexual, without a perianth, often in the form of cones, but never terminal on the main stem.

From Project Gutenberg

In warmer countries monoecious and dioecious grasses are more frequent.

From Project Gutenberg