Monoecia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monoecia \Mo*noe"ci*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + ?
     house.] (Bot.)
     A Linnaean class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in
     distinct flowers in the same plant.
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