monoecious

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Synonyms for monoecious

having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal

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The adaptive significance of monoecism in Cnidoscolus urens (L.) Arthur (Euphorbiaceae).
Baker (1967) noted that in animals "autogamous hermaphroditism provides the mechanism for ready establishment," whereas in plants "apomixis and purely vegetative reproduction are also available to replace self-incompatible hermaphroditism (and monoecism) or dioecism."