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dioecious

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di·oe·cious or di·e·cious (d-shs)
adj.
Of or relating to organisms, especially plants, having the male and female reproductive organs borne on separate individuals of the same species; sexually distinct.


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Date palms are dioecious, which means that trees have either male or female flowers but not both.
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In the new work, the objects Edmier has cast are hefty cycads, dioecious tropical plants--in other words, each plant is gender specific, either male or female.
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Many of the above are dioecious species, which means they consist of separate male and female trees.
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