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diecious

 [di-e´shus]
sexually distinct; denoting species in which male and female genitals do not occur in the same individual. In botany, having staminate and pistillate flowers on separate plants.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

di·e·cious

(dī-ē'shŭs),
Denoting animals or plants that are sexually distinct, the individuals being of one or the other sex.
[G. di-, two, + oikia, house]
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di·e·cious

(dī-ē'shŭs)
Denoting animals or plants that are sexually distinct, the individuals being of one or the other sex.
[G. di-, two, + oikia, house]
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