gynodioecious

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English

Etymology

From gyno- +‎ dioecious.

Adjective

gynodioecious (not comparable)

  1. (botany) dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gynodioecious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)