trioecious
/T R IY1 OW0 IY1 SH AH0 S/adjective
- 1
(botany) Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior
- 2
(zoology) Having three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite, as some nematodes.
- 3
(obsolete, botany) Belonging to the former Linnaean order Trioecia, consisting of plants of this type.
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