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dioecious

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /daɪ̯ˈiːʃəs/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather than different parts of the same plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having two distinct sexes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gonochoristic

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dioecian

Antonyms: monoecious

History

Etymology

From di- + -oecious.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: dioek — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Catalan: dioic — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雌雄異株 /雌雄异株 — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Czech: dvoudomý — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Finnish: kaksikotinen — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • French: dioïque — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • German: diözisch — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • German: zweihäusig — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • German: getrenntgeschlechtig — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Hebrew: דו־ביתי (du-beiti) — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Hindi: एकलिंगाश्रयी (ekliṅgāśrayī) — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Hungarian: kétlaki — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tvebo — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tvebu — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tvibu — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Portuguese: dioico — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Russian: двудо́мный (dvudómnyj) — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Ukrainian: дводо́мний (dvodómnyj) — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants
  • Vietnamese: biệt chu — botany: having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants