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diecious

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diecious /di·e·cious/ (di-e´shus) sexually distinct; denoting species in which male and female genitals do not occur in the same individual.
di·e·cious (d-shs)
adj.
Variant of dioecious.

diecious
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.


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American holly is diecious, meaning that both male and female plants are needed for fruit production.
Year-to-year variation in treatment response was assessed, and the likely time-to-emergence of resistance was evaluated through the use of mathematical modeling of resistance-gene transmission in this obligately diecious parasite.
 
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