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English
Etymology
From tri- + -oecious.
Pronunciation
Adjective
trioecious (not comparable)
- (botany) Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior
- (obsolete, botany) Belonging to the former Linnaean order Trioecia, consisting of plants of this type.
- (zoology) Having three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite, as some nematodes.
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