diclinous
Americanadjective
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(of a plant species, variety, etc.) having the stamens and the pistils in separate flowers, either on the same plant or on different plants; either monoecious or dioecious.
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(of a flower) having only stamens or only pistils; unisexual.
adjective
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(of flowering plants) bearing unisexual flowers
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(of flowers) unisexual Compare monoclinous
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Bearing imperfect flowers; having carpels and stamens in different flowers. A monoecious plant is diclinous since it bears male and female flowers separately, even though on the same plant. Dioecious plants are also diclinous, since an individual plant will bear flowers of only one sex.
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Compare monoclinous
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Having only stamens or only pistils; unisexual. Used of flowers.
Other Word Forms
- diclinism noun
- dicliny noun
Etymology
Origin of diclinous
Example Sentences
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Very many, perhaps all, diclinous flowers may, under certain conditions, become perfect, at least structurally.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
But I have been assured that the flowers of the prevailing Australian trees, namely, the Myrtaceae, swarm with insects, and if they are dichogamous they would be practically diclinous.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
New Zealand abounds with diclinous plants and trees; and Dr. Hooker calculates that out of about 756 phanerogamic plants inhabiting the islands, no less than 108 are trees, belonging to thirty-five families.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
Most of them have an acrid milky juice, and diclinous or monœcious flowers.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
Flowers diclinous, the pistillate taking the place of long shoots, the staminate taking the place of dwarf shoots.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
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