Etymology: modern formed as diclinousadj. + -ismsuffix: in French diclinisme.
Botany.
The condition of being diclinousadj.
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1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 920 The arrangements..manifested in polygamy, diclinism, dichogamy, dimorphism..are different means for promoting the cross-fertilisation of individuals belonging to the same species.
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