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/məˈniː.ʃəs/ · adjective
(botany, invertebrate) Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers or in the same or different flowers; hermaphrodite..
Further, species which show continuous variation that is not amenable to orthodox taxonomic treatment, and this is the situation in many monoecious plants, are treated as invariable.
Recently, monoecious plants have been found in several places in the United States. The plants of Australia are monoecious and dioecious.
Two factors are likely to allow the establishment of forms with reduced pollen output (i.e., fewer male flowers) in a monoecious population: increased seed fitness as a result of an increase in the ratio of female to male flowers, and a reduced rate of self-fertilisation.
Use monoecious when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Monoecious means (botany, invertebrate) Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers or in the same or different flowers; hermaphrodite..
Common synonyms include monecious.
Possible antonyms include dioecious, dioecian.
Further, species which show continuous variation that is not amenable to orthodox taxonomic treatment, and this is the situation in many monoecious plants, are treated as invariable.
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