polyoicous
adjective
poly·oi·cous
variants: or
polyoecious
less commonlypolyecious
Definition of polyoicous
: having the archegonia and antheridia sometimes on the same plant and sometimes on different plants polyoicous mosses polyoicous liverworts — compare heteroicous paroicous
polyoicously
orpolyoeciously
adverbpolyoicousness
orpolyoeciousness
noun, plural-es
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Origin and Etymology of polyoicous
poly- + Greek oikia house + English -ous
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