synœcious, a. Bot.
(sɪˈniːʃ(ɪ)əs)
[f. syn-1 after diœcious, monœcious; cf. Gr. συνοικία a community of persons living together.]
Having male and female flowers in the same flower-head, as some Compositæ, or male and female organs in the same receptacle, as some mosses.
| 1863 M. J. Berkeley Brit. Mosses ii. 6 Mosses..are..in some rare cases synœcious. |