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Unisexual

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of or relating to only one sex.

adj. Having only one type of sexual organ; not a hermaphrodite.

adj. Botany Having either stamens or pistils but not both.

adj. Unisex.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of an organism, having characteristics of single sex (as opposed to hermaphrodites).

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having one sex only, as plants which have the male and female flowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the sexes are in separate individuals; diœcious; -- distinguished from bisexual, or hermaphrodite. See diœcious.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of one sex—that is, having the two sexes developed in different individuals. For or consisting of a single sex.

Specifically, in entomology, having only female individuals: noting the agamic broods of Aphididæ and some other insects which, during certain parts of the year, continue to propagate the species without any males. See parthenogenesis.

In botany, said of a flower containing the organs of but one sex, stamens or pistil, but not both; diclinous: opposed to bisexual or hermaphrodite; monœcious or diœcious. It is also applicable to an inflorescence or a plant with such flowers only.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. relating to only one sex or having only one type of sexual organ; not hermaphroditic

Word Usage

"Flowers in Uncinia are unisexual, that is male and female reproductive structures are on separate flowers."

Equivalent

sexual

Variant

diœcious

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

diœcious

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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