Definitions for "Dioecious"
with unisexual flowers ( c.f. monoecious)
a. (Gr. di, two; oikos, house) said of a kind of plant having unisexual flowers, the male and female flowers on different individual plants.
(die eesh´ us) [Gr.: two houses] • Organisms in which the two sexes are "housed" in two different individuals, so that eggs and sperm are not produced in the same individuals. Examples: humans, fruit flies, oak trees, date palms. (Contrast with monoecious.)
Keywords:  sapwood
Sapwood
Keywords:  floret, disc, disease
Disc floret Disease
Having the organs of the sexes upon distinct individuals. 56