Monoecious vs. Synoecious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Monoecious and Synoecious
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Monoecious
(Botany) Having unisexual reproductive organs or flowers, with the organs or flowers of both sexes borne on a single plant, as in pines and corn (maize).
Synoecious
(botany) With male and female organs in the same structure.
Monoecious
(Biology) Relating to or exhibiting hermaphroditism; hermaphroditic.
Synoecious
Unisex
Monoecious
Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers or in the same or different flowers; hermaphrodite.
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Synoecious
Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.
Monoecious
Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; - opposed to dicious.
Synoecious
Having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium
Monoecious
Having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
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