- dioecy
- noun see dioecious
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
dioecy
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Dioecy — (Greek: two households ; adjective form: dioecious) is the property of a group of biological organisms that have males and females, but not members that have organs of both sexes at the same time. I.e., those whose individual members can usually… … Wikipedia
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