diclinous, a. Bot.
(ˈdaɪklɪnəs)
[f. F. dicline (1793 in Hatz.-Darm.) or Bot.L. Diclines pl. (Jussieu 1779), f. Gr. δι- twice, double (di-2) + κλίνη bed, couch: see -ous.
(A. L. de Jussieu gave the name Diclines irregulares to the 15th class of his arrangement of the Natural Orders.)]
Having the stamens and pistils on separate flowers, either on the same plant (monœcious), or on separate plants (diœcious). Also said of the flowers (= unisexual).
| 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. Introd. 27 Even Ranunculaceæ contain hermaphrodite and diclinous genera. 1876 Darwin Cross-Fertil. x. 409 All plants which have not since been greatly modified, would tend still to be both diclinous and anemophilous. 1880 Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §7. 270 The flowers in all Gymnosperms are diclinous, either diœcious or monœcious. |