paroecious
/pəˈriːʃəs/(also parecious) Botany
adjective
Of a bryophyte: having the male and female reproductive organs in close proximity but not mixed, especially when the antheridia are in the axils of bracts immediately below those surrounding the archegonia.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. Either from ancient Greek πάροικος dwelling side by side + -ious, after dioecious, etc., or independently from para- + -oecious.
- incog
- incognisant
- incognito
- peachy
- peach yellows
- peachy-keen
- peacify
- pea coat
- peacock
- Peacock Alley
- peacock bass
- peacock blue
- peacock butterfly
- peacock cichlid
- peacock coal
- peacock copper
- peacockery
- peacock-eye
- peacock fan
- peacock feather
- peacock-feathered
- peacock fish
- peacock flower
- peacock flower fence
- peacock fly