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monoecious

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /məˈniː.ʃəs/
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  • rhymes with -iːʃəs

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers or in the same or different flowers; hermaphrodite.

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

adjective

Meaning 2

having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: monecious, monoicous

Antonyms: dioecious

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, solitary”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house, dwelling-place”), equivalent to mono- + -oecious.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: monoeci — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • French: monoïque — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • German: monözisch — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • German: einhäusig — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • Hebrew: חד־ביתי (had-beiti) — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • Hindi: उभयलिंगाश्रयी (ubhayliṅgāśrayī) — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • Hungarian: egylaki — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • Ido: monoika — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: enbo — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: enbu — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: monoik — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: einbu — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: einebu — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: monoik — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
  • Vietnamese: đồng chu — having the male and female reproductive organs on different parts of the same plant
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