trioecious

English

Alternative forms

• triecious, triœcious, trioicous

Etymology

From tri- +‎ -oecious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traɪˈiːʃ(ɪ)əs/

Adjective

trioecious (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior
2. (obsolete, botany) Belonging to the former Linnaean order Trioecia, consisting of plants of this type.
3. (zoology) Having three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite, as some nematodes.

Related terms

• trioecy
• trioecism
• dioecious

References

• “triœcious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.