unisexual
Americanadjective
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of or relating to one sex only.
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having only male or female organs in one individual, as an animal or a flower.
adjective
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of or relating to one sex only
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(of some organisms) having either male or female reproductive organs but not both
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Having the sex organs of only one sex; not hermaphroditic. Used of organisms.
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Having stamens and pistils in separate flowers borne on the same plant; diclinous. Used of flowers.
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Unisexual: of one sex only: applied to Aphids and Cynipids where only parthenogenic females are known.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Unisexual, of one sex; said of flowers having stamens only, or pistils only.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Unisexual flowers of Castor-oil plant: s, staminate flower; p, pistillate flower.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
Unisexual, or Separated, or Diclinous Flowers, imperfect flowers, as they have been called in contradistinction to perfect flowers; but that term is too ambiguous.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
Unisexual, ū-ni-sek′sū-al, adj. of one sex only, as a plant.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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