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dioecy

dioecy

English

dioecy in Ilex aquifolium: (above) Holly shoot with flowers from male plant; (top right) male flower enlarged, showing stamens with pollen and reduced, sterile stigma; (below) shoot with flowers from female plant; (lower right) female flower enlarged, showing stigma and reduced, sterile stamens (staminodes) with no pollen

Noun

dioecy (uncountable)

  1. (botany) The condition of being dioecious, namely having separate genders, especially of plants.

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