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mo·noe·cious (mo·ne·cious)
 monoecious (monecious)
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- pronunciation:
- m
ni
shs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
in botany, having separate male and female flowers on each individual plant.
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| definition 2: |
in zoology, having both male and female reproductive organs in one individual; hermaphroditic.
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adverb + (adj.)monoecious (monecious)
that, thoroughly
(adj.)monoecious (monecious)
+ noun
assemblage, bee, cross-pollination, cucumber, fig, lineage, lowland, packet, pioneer, pollinator, radiation, rainforest, variety
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| derivations: |
monoeciously (adv.), monoecism (n.), monoecy (n.) |
The word monoecious
contains the following parts:
mon, mono
Greek
root
that means one, single, alone
  Example words:
monad, monandry, monarch, monarchy, monastery, monaural, monaxial, monk, monocarpic, monochord, monochromatic, monochrome, monocle, monocline, monoclinous, monocular, monody, monoecious, monogamy, monogenesis, monogenism, monogram, monograph, monolingual, monolith, monologue, monomania, monomer, monomial, monomorphic, mononuclear, mononucleosis, monoplane, monopoly, monopsony, monorail, monosaccharide, monostich, monosyllabic, monotheism, monotone, monotonous, monotreme, monotypic, monoxide
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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