Monoecious

2 definitions found

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

  Monoecious \Mo*noe"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 {dioecious}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  monoecious
       adj : having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant
             or animal [syn: {monecious}, {monoicous}] [ant: {dioecious}]