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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | © A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

dioecious Possessing male and female flowers or other reproductive organs on separate, unisexual, individual plants. See also ANDROECIUM; Compare MONOECIOUS.

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