Definition of Synoecious

1. Adjective. Having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium.

Exact synonyms: Synoicous
Similar to: Monecious, Monoecious, Monoicous

Definition of Synoecious

1. Adjective. (botany) With male and female organs in the same structure. ¹

2. Adjective. unisex ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synoecious

synne
synochal
synocil
synocils
synocracy
synod
synodal
synodals
synodic
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synodical
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synodist
synodists
synods
synoecism
synoecisms
synoicous
synomone
synomones
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synonym finder
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Literary usage of Synoecious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1896)
"Of the synoecious mosses. ™- Divini cuspidatum and some Brya are examples: ... ri the species that are synoecious, all the plants look much like the female ..."

2. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1896)
"Of the synoecious mosses, Mnium cuspidatum and some Brya are examples; ... In the species that are synoecious, all the plants look much like the female ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... when the moss is called synoecious ; if, however, the antheridia occur on one part of the plant and the arche- gonia on another part, the moss is called ..."

4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1896)
"Of the synoecious mosses. ™- Divini cuspidatum and some Brya are examples: ... ri the species that are synoecious, all the plants look much like the female ..."

5. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1896)
"Of the synoecious mosses, Mnium cuspidatum and some Brya are examples; ... In the species that are synoecious, all the plants look much like the female ..."

6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... when the moss is called synoecious ; if, however, the antheridia occur on one part of the plant and the arche- gonia on another part, the moss is called ..."

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