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Webster 1913 Edition


Dioecism

Di-œ′cism

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Noun.
(Biol.)
The condition of being diœcious.

Definition 2024


dioecism

dioecism

English

Noun

dioecism (uncountable)

  1. The devolution of a city into its formerly subordinate constituents, the opposite of synoecism.
  2. (biology) The condition of being dioecious.

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