synœciousadj.
/sɪˈniːʃ(ɪ)əs/ Botany.
Having male and female flowers in the same flower-head, as some Compositæ, or male and female organs in the same receptacle, as some mosses.
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malea1398
masculinea1550
androgynous1739
polygamous1757
monoecious1761
polygamious1761
monoicous1822
monoclinous1828
monoecian1828
trigamous1842
hermaphrodite1854
triœcious1860
monoecious1861
synœcious1863
synoicous1863
autoicous1875
andro-diœcious1877
andromonœcious1877
gynodioecious1877
gynomonoecious1877
monoicous1877
autoecious1896
monoclinian1900
1863 M. J. Berkeley Handbk. Brit. Mosses ii. 6 Mosses..are..in some rare cases synœcious.
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adj.1863