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Definition of Dioicous
1. a. See Diœcious.
Definition of Dioicous
1. Adjective. (alternative form of dioecious) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dioicous
1. unisexual [adj] - See also: unisexual
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dioicous
Literary usage of Dioicous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"The last- mentioned specimen seems to be strictly dioicous, and a tendency to
restriction of the two kinds of organs to separate individuals is sometimes to ..."
2. Flora Cestrica: An Herborizing Companion for the Young Botanists of Chester by William Darlington (1853)
"B. argenteum, L. [Silvery"]: dioicous; stems and branches crowded, short, ...
[This year''s]: dioicous; stems elongated; leaves oblong-lanceolate, ..."
3. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1866)
"... and in the dioicous inflorescence.—W. Wilson in ' The Naturalist,' vol. M. p.
341. DETERMINATION OF THREE LINN^EAN SPECIES OF ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1874)
"dioicous, . . . . 56. H. COMMUTATUM. Stem sub-erect, branches pinnate ; leaves fal-
... dioicous, 58. H. MOLLUSCUM. Stems procumbent, pinnate ; leaves ..."
5. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"This species is dioicous, the male and female plants growing in distinct tufts.
... Massal.,4 a near ally of the Scandinavian species, is also dioicous. ..."
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