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dioecious
di·oe·cious
[
dī shəss
]
or
di·e·cious
[
dī shəss
]
adjective
Definition:
with male and female flowers on different plants:
having male and female flowers on different plants of the same species
[
Mid-18th century. < modern Latin
Dioecia
, literally "two houses" < Greek
oikos
"house"
]
di·oe·cism
[
dī sìzzəm
]
noun
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di·oe·cism [ dī sìzzəm ] noun
