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‖ Triœcia Bot.|traɪˈiːʃɪə| [mod.L. (Linnæus), f. Gr. τρι- tri- + οἶκος house: cf. Diœcia, Monœcia.] The third order in the Linnæan class Polygamia, comprising plants having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on different individuals. Hence triœcious |-ˈiːʃ(ɪ)əs| a., triˈoicous a., belonging to this order, or having the flowers thus distributed (whence triˈœciously adv.); triœcism |-ˈiːsɪz(ə)m|, triœcious character or condition.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. xxvi. (1765) 138 *Trioecia, comprehending such Plants as have the Polygamy on three distinct Plants.
1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Triœcius, Bot...*triœcious. 1866Treas. Bot., Triœcious, Trioicus, having male flowers on one individual, female on another, and hermaphrodite on a third.
1891Cent. Dict., *Triœciously..*Trioicous. |