Having one sex only, as plants which have the male and female flowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the sexes are in separate individuals; diœcious; -- distinguished from bisexual, or hermaphrodite. See Diœcious.
applied tom a flower having only stamens or pistil, as opposed to bisexual.
A flower of one sex only (See also Monoecious and Dioecious) [ GO BACK TO TOP INDEX
(adj.) Bears either pistils or stamens (i.e., not both).
The condition of having either stamens or pistil, not both; an imperfect flower.
having only stamens (staminate) or pistils (pistillate).
a. (L. unus, one; sexus, sex) of one or other sex, staminate or pistillate only, but not both.
flower of one sex only, either pistillate (female) or staminate (male).
A gardening flower of one sex only.