andro-diœcious, a. Bot.
(ˌændrəʊdaɪˈiːʃəs)
[f. Gr. ἀνδρο- male + diœcious, f. δι- (di-2) twice + οἰκία house + -ous.]
‘With flowers on one plant hermaphrodite, and on the other staminate only.’ Gray Bot. Text-bk. 1880. Hence androdiˈœcism, the state of being androdiœcious.
| 1877 C. Darwin Different Forms Flowers i. 13 There are plants which produce hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same individual, for instance, some species of Galium, Veratrum, &c.; and these might be called andro-monœcious. If there exist plants, the individuals of which consist of hermaphrodites and males, these might be distinguished as andro-diœcious. 1888 G. Henslow Origin Floral Struct. xxiv. 277 Androdiœcism signifies that the same species has both male and hermaphrodite plants. |