Definition of monoecious in English:
monoecious
adjective məˈniːʃəsməˈniʃəs
Biology (of a plant or invertebrate animal) having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual; hermaphrodite.
Compare with dioecious
Example sentencesExamples
- The European beech is a monoecious diploid late-successional forest tree; forests dominated by this species cover 17 million ha in Europe.
- This monoecious species has male flowers occurring in catkins and female flowers occurring in clusters.
- A single quantitative trait was described by the genetic model for a population of diploid, monoecious individuals, with an initial population mean of 100.
- Now monoecious trees occur in the endangered species list more than you would expect by chance.
- Eriocaulon decangulare L. (common names include ten-angled pipewort, hat pin, and bog button) is a monoecious perennial that occurs in wetlands throughout the coastal plain of North Carolina.
Derivatives
noun
Biology Groups in which dioecy evolved from monoecy consist of monoecious and dioecious species, while groups in which dioecy derived from gynodioecy are composed of gynodioecious and dioecious species.
Example sentencesExamples
- In this case the condition could be interpreted as an early step toward monoecy.
- Bertin showed that both dichogamy and monoecy are present with equal frequency in self-compatible and self-incompatible plants.
- Sagittaria latifolia consists of various populations ranging from monoecy to complete dioecy.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from modern Latin Monoecia (denoting a class of such plants in Linnaeus's system), from Greek monos 'single' + oikos 'house'.
Definition of monoecious in US English:
monoecious
adjectiveməˈniʃəsməˈnēSHəs
Biology (of a plant or invertebrate animal) having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual; hermaphrodite.
Compare with dioecious
Example sentencesExamples
- Now monoecious trees occur in the endangered species list more than you would expect by chance.
- This monoecious species has male flowers occurring in catkins and female flowers occurring in clusters.
- The European beech is a monoecious diploid late-successional forest tree; forests dominated by this species cover 17 million ha in Europe.
- A single quantitative trait was described by the genetic model for a population of diploid, monoecious individuals, with an initial population mean of 100.
- Eriocaulon decangulare L. (common names include ten-angled pipewort, hat pin, and bog button) is a monoecious perennial that occurs in wetlands throughout the coastal plain of North Carolina.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from modern Latin Monoecia (denoting a class of such plants in Linnaeus's system), from Greek monos ‘single’ + oikos ‘house’.