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Monoecious

Monoecious \Mo*n[oe]"cious\, a. (Biol.) Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to di[oe]cious.

Wiktionary
monoecious

a. 1 (context botany English) That has male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant (rather than on separate individuals), either in different flowersHickey, M. & King, C. (2001), ''The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms'', Cambridge University Press or in the same or different flowersBeentje, Henk. (2010), ''The Kew Plant Glossary'', Richmond, Surrey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, ISBN 978-1-84246-422-9 2 (context biology English) hermaphroditic.

WordNet
monoecious

adj. having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal [syn: monecious, monoicous] [ant: dioecious]

Usage examples of "monoecious".

Dioecious individuals can then be selected from the monoecious population and these individuals crossed to breed out monoecism in subsequent generations.