Dioecious is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DIOECIOUS in dictionary:

ADJECTIVE:
• having male and female sexual organs in different individuals, also DIECIOUS, DIOICOUS
• (of a plant or invertebrate animal) having the male and female reproductive organs in separate individuals.
• (of plants) having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
• Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to monoecious.
• having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• having male reproductive organs in one individual and female in another

Words related to DIOECIOUS

diecious11 dioeciously17 dioeciousness16 dioecism13 dioecisms14 dioicous11

Words that contain DIOECIOUS

dioeciously17 dioeciousness16 gynodioecious20 androdioecious18 dioeciousnesses18

How to use DIOECIOUS in a sentence

• The tree is dioecious, there being separate male and female trees.
• In dioecious plants we must aim at the reproduction of brothers and sisters.
• It is a dioecious plant, having male or barren pale yellow flowers upon one tree, and female or fertile flowers upon another.

Similar words containing DIOECIOU without suffix s

dioeciously17 dioeciousness16 gynodioecious20 androdioecious18 dioeciousnesses18

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