trioecious
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /traɪˈiːʃ(ɪ)əs/
Adjective
trioecious (not comparable)
- (botany) Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior
- (obsolete, botany) Belonging to the former Linnaean order Trioecia, consisting of plants of this type.
- (zoology) Having three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite, as some nematodes.
Related terms
References
- “triœcious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.