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monœcism|mɒˈniːsɪz(ə)m| [ad. mod.L. monœcismus, f. Gr. *µόνοικ-ος (see Monœcia) + -ism.] The condition of being monœcious.
1875Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. iii. vi. 807 If the plant which produces both kinds of sexual organs is large or at least strongly differentiated, distance in the relationship of the two kinds of reproductive cells is still attained by the male and female organs being produced on different branches; and this phenomenon, which is in general termed Monœcism, is also common in the vegetable kingdom. 1966Ainsworth & Sussman Fungi II. xx. 661 Monoecism and dioecism..are defined on a physiological basis according to whether an organism contributes one or two nuclei to the sexual process. |