Dioecy (dioecious)
A dioecious plant. Image by S. A. Mori.
Creator(s): S. A. Mori
Description: A dioecious plant with male (staminate) flowers on one tree and female (pistillate) flowers on another tree. This is also an example of a diclinous species.
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Title
Dioecy (dioecious)
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Definition
Describing a sexual condition of a species that bears only functionally staminate flowers on some plants and only functionally pistillate flowers on other plants. Compare with monoecious.
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