monoecious

1. 1.

   having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal

   Synonymsmoneciousmonoicous

   Antonymsdioecious

   Similarautoicousheteroicoussynoicousparoicous

Questions about monoecious

What does monoecious mean?

monoecious means "having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal".

How many syllables are in monoecious?

monoecious has 5 syllables: mo-no-e-ci-ous. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for monoecious?

Close synonyms include monecious, monoicous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of monoecious?

The recorded antonyms are dioecious.

Is monoecious a common word?

monoecious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.