trioecious

American

[trahy-ee-shuhs] / traɪˈi ʃəs /

Or triecious

adjective

Botany.

of or relating to a species having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on different plants.

trioecious British

/ traɪˈiːʃəs /

adjective

(of a plant species) having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers in three different plants

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Other Word Forms

trioeciously adverb

Etymology

Origin of trioecious

1855–60; < New Latin Trioeci ( a ) former order name ( Greek tri- tri- + oikía, plural of oikíon house, equivalent to oîk ( os ) house + -ion diminutive suffix) + -ous

Example Sentences

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The species, therefore, is polygamous in the sense in which I use the term, and trioecious.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles

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