monoicous
/məˈnɔɪkəs/
adjective
- Having both male and female reproductive organs on the same plant (used especially for mosses and liverworts).
- Monoicous mosses produce both antheridia and archegonia on the same plant.
- The botanist identified the species as monoicous because it had both types of reproductive structures.
- In monoicous plants, self-fertilization is possible.
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