monoecious

monoecious definition - medical

mo·noe·cious or mo·ne·cious (mə-nēˈshəs)

adjective
  1. Having unisexual reproductive organs or flowers, with the organs or flowers of both sexes carried on a single plant, as in corn.
  2. Hermaphroditic.

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