Usually means: Separate male and female plants.
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  1. dioecy: Merriam-Webster
  2. dioecy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dioecy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. dioecy: Wiktionary
  5. Dioecy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Dioecy: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (botany) The condition of being dioecious, namely having separate sexes, especially of plants.

Similar:
dicotyledony, autoecism, diclinism, polygamy, dimorphism, heterogony, oligandry, dicotyl, dicliny, obdiplostemony, more...

Opposite:
monoecy, hermaphroditism

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Similar:
dicotyledony, autoecism, diclinism, polygamy, dimorphism, heterogony, oligandry, dicotyl, dicliny, obdiplostemony, more...

Opposite:
monoecy, hermaphroditism



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