— monoeciously , adv. — monoecism /meuh nee"siz euhm/ , monoecy , n.
/meuh nee"sheuhs/ , adj.
1. Biol. having both male and female organs in the same individual; hermaphroditic.
2. Bot. (of a plant, species, etc.) having the stamens and the pistils in separate flowers on the same plant.
Also, monecious .
[ 1755-65; Monoeci ( a ) name of the group comprising monoecious plants (equiv. to Gk mon- MON- + oîk ( os ) house + NL -ia -IA) + -OUS ]