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Definition of Dioecism
1. the state of being dioicous [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dioecism
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dioecism
Literary usage of Dioecism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"over is evidently tending strongly to a more perfect dioecism When it finishes
its task of eliminating the filaments as it has the anthers of the stamens in ..."
2. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"In the heteros- porous pteridophytes dioecism occurs regularly, ... It has been
supposed that the chief advantage of dioecism is that it prevents close ..."
3. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"There is some evidence to show that such dioecism is due to a differentiation
among the pollen grains and hence among the male gametes: some grains have a ..."
4. The Origin of Floral Structures Through Insect and Other Agencies by George Henslow (1888)
"Secondly, that the orders, with gyno- dioecism have the maximum of stamens, is
not universally true, Pelargonium having only seven out of ten. ..."
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