synoecious

English

Alternative forms

• synœcious

Etymology

syn- + -oecious

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Adjective

synoecious (not comparable)

1. (botany) With male and female organs in the same structure.
   • 1980, Anthony John Edwin Smith & Ruth Smith, The moss flora of Britain and Ireland^[1], page 192:

     Occasional plants of var. viridulus have a synoecious inflorescence but are otherwise typical of the variety.

2. unisex
   • 1972, M. G. Bicchieri, Hunters and gatherers today: a socioeconomic study of eleven such cultures^[2], page 309:

     The segmentation of the band is expressed in the arrangement of huts and shelters in synoecious camps; households comprising a segment are clustered close together, but are still an integral part of the whole camp.