dioeciousness
- a word derived from dioecious.
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There would be no such conversion, unless pollen was already carried regularly by insects or by the wind from one individual to the other; for otherwise every step towards dioeciousness would lead towards sterility.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles
