SYNOECIOUS
\sɪnˈə͡ʊʃəs], \sɪnˈəʊʃəs], \s_ɪ_n_ˈəʊ_ʃ_ə_s]\
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having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium
By Princeton University
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Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.
By Oddity Software
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[Greek] Having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle, or stamens and pistils on the same flower (bot.).
By J.H. Kenneth
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si-n[=e]'shi-us, adj. (bot.) having male and female flowers in one head as in the Compositæ: having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle, as in many mosses. [Gr. synoikia, a living together--syn, with, oikein, to dwell.]
By Thomas Davidson
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