androdioecious

[an-droh-dahy-ee-shuhs]

adjective

Botany.

1. having staminate and monoclinous flowers on separate plants of the same species.

androdioecious

/ ˌændrəʊdaɪˈiːʃəs /

adjective

1. (of a plant species) having hermaphrodite and male flowers on separate plants

Other Word Forms

• androdioecism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of androdioecious¹

First recorded in 1875–80; andro- + dioecious