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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.
dioecious.
See diecious.


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Others think that dioecism may have evolved from distyly, hence leading to outbreeding, which, in this case, may not be deterministically generated (Wyatt, 1983).
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