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dioicous

adjective
di·​oi·​cous | \ (ˈ)dī¦ȯikÉ™s\

Definition of dioicous

: having archegonia and antheridia on separate plants — compare dioecious, heteroicous, monoicous, paroicous, synoicous

History and Etymology for dioicous

New Latin dioicus, from di- + -oicus (from Greek oikos house)

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