Dioecious

/daɪˈiːʃəs/ adjective

Definition

Having male and female reproductive organs on separate individual plants of the same species. This means some plants are entirely male while others are entirely female.

Etymology

From Greek 'di' meaning two and 'oikos' meaning house, literally meaning 'two houses.' Also coined by Linnaeus to describe plants where male and female flowers occur on different individual plants.

Kelly Says

Holly trees are nature's way of ensuring genetic diversity - you need both a male and female holly tree in your neighborhood to get those beautiful red berries, since only the female trees produce fruit!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ሁለት ቤት
ARالعربية
ثنائي المسكن
BNবাংলা
পৃথক লিঙ্গী
CACatalà
dioica
CSČeština
dvoudomý
DADansk
toboende
DEDeutsch
zweihäusig
ELΕλληνικά
διοικός
ESEspañol
dioico
FAفارسی
دودستی
FISuomi
kaksikoitinen
FRFrançais
dioïque
GUGU
બે ઘર
HAHA
gida biyu
HEעברית
דו-דירתי
HIहिन्दी
पृथक लिंगी
HUMagyar
kétlaki
IDBahasa Indonesia
diosinus
IGIG
ụlọ abụọ
ITItaliano
dioico
JA日本語
雌雄異株
KKKK
екі үйлі
KMKM
ពីរផ្ទះ
KO한국어
자웅이주의
MRMR
दोन घर
MSBahasa Melayu
diosinus
MYမြန်မာ
အိမ်နှစ်လုံး
NLNederlands
tweehuizig
NONorsk
tobyggelig
PAPA
ਦੋ ਘਰਾਣੇ
PLPolski
dwupienny
PTPortuguês
dioico
RORomână
dioic
RUРусский
двудомный
SVSvenska
tvåboning
SWKiswahili
dioiki
TAதமிழ்
இரு வீட்டு
TEతెలుగు
విభిన్న లింగ
THไทย
สองเพศ
TLTL
dalawang tahanan
TRTürkçe
eşeysel
UKУкраїнська
двоє
URاردو
دو گھری
VITiếng Việt
lưỡng tính
YOYO
meji ile
ZH中文
雌雄异株的
ZUZU
izindlu ezimbili

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