[ mə'ni:ʃəs ]
■ adjective Biology (of a plant or invertebrate animal) having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual; hermaphrodite. Compare with dioecious .
Derivatives
monoecy noun
Origin
C18: from mod. L. Monoecia (denoting a class of such plants in Linnaeus's system), from Gk monos 'single' + oikos 'house'.