autœcious, a. Bot.
(ɔːˈtiːʃ(ɪ)əs)
Also autecious, autoicous.
[f. Gr. αὐτός same + οἰκία house: see -ious.]
a. Of parasitic fungi: inhabiting the same host throughout their life. b. Having both sexual organs on the same plant; monœcious.
| 1882 Vines Sachs's Bot. 332 Such forms [of parasitic fungi] as these are said to be heterœcious (metœcious), to distinguish them from those..which inhabit the same host throughout their whole life (autœcious). 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, Autoicous, in Bryophytes, the male and female inflorescences on the same plant. |