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cosexual en · ADJ

Etymology

From co- + sexual.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Producing both pollen and ovules.
2. (not-comparable) Being able to reproduce as both female and male.
   • The platyctenid Coeloplana gonoctena is protandrous (151) and probably is a true sex changer. Females are larger than males and are found only at the end of summer, while males are found all year. It is ectocommensal on an anthozoan. Other members of the genus are cosexual. 1982, David Policansky, “Sex change in plants and animals”, in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, volume 13, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 471–495:

Coordinates

dichogamous

Synonyms

simultaneous hermaphrodite

cosexual en · NOUN

Etymology

From co- + sexual.

Meanings

1. A cosexual organism.
   • First, many plants that appear to change sex are really sequential or alternating cosexuals; the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis (220), and com, Zea mays (173), are examples[…] 1982, David Policansky, “Sex change in plants and animals”, in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, volume 13, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 471–495:

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