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 Words From

• an·dro·di·oe·cism [an-droh-dahy-, ee, -siz-, uh, m], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of androdioecious¹

First recorded in 1875–80; andro- + dioecious