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parœcious, a. Bot.|pəˈriːʃ(ɪ)əs|
[f. Gr. πάροικος dwelling side by side, παροικία the condition of so dwelling (see parish) + -ous; after diœcious, etc.]
Having the male and female reproductive organs growing beside or near each other, as in certain cryptogams. Hence paˈrœciously adv., paˈrœciousness; so parœcism |pəˈriːsɪz(ə)m|, the condition of being parœcious.
1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 718/2 They [sc. the antheridia] are usually seated in the axils of modified leaves (perigonial), sometimes appearing..on special branches of the same plant (parœcious). 1890in Cent. Dict. 1912S. M. Macvicar Student's Handbk. Brit. Hepatics p. xix, In some cases they [sc. the antheridia] occur below the female inflorescence,..usually making this ‘paroicous’ [sic] form of inflorescence easy to recognize. 1968E. V. Watson Brit. Mosses & Liverworts (ed. 2) 34 Paroecious, bearing antheridia and archegonia close together, but not mixed, the antheridia being in the axils of bracts below those that surround the archegonia. |