Examples of 'dioecious' in a sentence

Meaning of "dioecious"

dioecious (adjective) - Botanical term used to describe a plant species that has separate male and female individual plants.
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  • Having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather than different parts of the same plant.
  • Having two distinct sexes.

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The flowers are dioecious and arranged in panicles.
Like all willows this species is dioecious.
The flowers are dioecious and anemophilous.
The flowers may be either monoecious or dioecious.
Animals may be dioecious or sequential hermaphrodites.
As with all cycads this species is dioecious.
This dioecious species broadcast spawns.
Oikopleura dioica is the only dioecious appendicularian species.
Many dioecious plants do not show sex chromosomes.
The plants can be monoecious or dioecious.
This anemone is generally dioecious but occasionally hermaphroditic.
A dioecious plant is a plant with male and female.
It is unclear whether glossopterids were monoecious or dioecious.
Dendrocnide peltata is a dioecious rainforest tree.
Volvox species can be monoecious or dioecious.

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A dioecious vine without prickles.
Geitonogamy is not possible for strictly dioecious plants.
They are dioecious male and female flowers are on separate trees.
They can be either monoecious or dioecious.
The flowers are dioecious or monoecious.
The flowers can be monoecious or dioecious.
The gametophytes are dioecious or monoecious.
This species can be monoecious or dioecious.
Dioecious reproduction is biparental reproduction.
Define monoecious and dioecious plants.
Unisexual flowers are dioecious and inflorescence depends on the type of flower.
If there are female and male plants they are called dioecious.
Plane belongs to dioecious plants.
Male and female flowers occur on separate plants dioecious.
The plants are hermaphrodite or dioecious and bear flowers clustered in inflorescences.
Plants are monoecious rarely dioecious.
The flowers are dioecious on each plant they are only male or female.
The flowers are often dioecious.
Sixteen species of evergreen dioecious trees and shrubs are presently recognized.
Plants of this family are dioecious.
This species is a fleshy dioecious herb growing from an underground tuber.
It consists of monoecious or dioecious shrubs.
It is a dioecious species.
They may be monoecious or dioecious.
This species is dioecious pistillate and staminate flowers occur on separate plants.
Tall waterhemp is a dioecious plant.
These are hairy perennials or small shrubs which may be monoecious or dioecious.
Smilax is a dioecious plant.
These species are said to be dioecious.
Ribbed mussels are dioecious and sexes can only be determined histologically.
All species are dioecious.
Pentastomids are dioecious obligate parasites requiring multiple hosts to complete their lifecycle.
Most cannabis plants are dioecious.
Ceroxylon species are dioecious the individual plant produces flowers of only one sex.
Trees are sometimes functionally dioecious.

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