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Meaning of MONOECIOUS

Pronunciation:  mu'neeshus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
 
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 Synonyms: monecious
 
 Antonyms: dioecian, dioecious
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mo*n[oe]"cious\, a. (Biol.)
Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and
female flowers grow upon the same individual plant;
hermaphrodite; -- opposed to {di[oe]cious}.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Having the male and female reproductive structures in separate flowers but on the same plant. Compare dioecious.
 
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