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synoecious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /sɪˈniːʃəs/

Etymology

From syn- + -oecious.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) With male and female organs in the same structure.
   • Occasional plants of var. viridulus have a synoecious inflorescence but are otherwise typical of the variety. 1980, Anthony John Edwin Smith, Ruth Smith, The moss flora of Britain and Ireland, page 192:
2. (not-comparable) unisex
   • 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. 1972, M. G. Bicchieri, Hunters and gatherers today: a socioeconomic study of eleven such cultures, page 309:

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