Synoecious

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

  Synoecious \Syn*oe"cious\, a. [Pref. syn- + Gr. ? house.] (Bot.)
     Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses,
     having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  synoecious
       adj : having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same
             gametoecium [syn: {synoicous}]