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diclinous
[ dahy-kluh-nuhs, dahy-klahy- ]
adjective
- (of a plant species, variety, etc.) having the stamens and the pistils in separate flowers, either on the same plant or on different plants; either monoecious or dioecious.
- (of a flower) having only stamens or only pistils; unisexual.
diclinous
/ daɪˈklaɪ-; daɪˈklaɪ-; ˈdaɪklɪnɪ; ˈdaɪklɪ²ÔÉ™²õ /
adjective
- (of flowering plants) bearing unisexual flowers
- (of flowers) unisexual Compare monoclinous
diclinous
/ »åÄ«-°ì±ôī′²ÔÉ™²õ /
- Bearing imperfect flowers; having carpels and stamens in different flowers. A monoecious plant is diclinous since it bears male and female flowers separately, even though on the same plant. Dioecious plants are also diclinous, since an individual plant will bear flowers of only one sex.
- Compare monoclinous
- Having only stamens or only pistils; unisexual. Used of flowers.
Derived Forms
- ˈ»å¾±³¦±ô¾±²Ô¾±²õ³¾, noun
- dicliny, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- »å¾±î€ƒc±ô¾±Â·²Ô¾±²õ³¾ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of diclinous1
Example Sentences
Most of them have an acrid milky juice, and diclinous or monœcious flowers.
Pinus is also peculiar in the dimorphism of shoots and leaves and in their constant interrelations with the diclinous flowers.
Very many, perhaps all, diclinous flowers may, under certain conditions, become perfect, at least structurally.
But I have been assured that the flowers of the prevailing Australian trees, namely, the Myrtaceae, swarm with insects, and if they are dichogamous they would be practically diclinous.
Flowers diclinous, the pistillate taking the place of long shoots, the staminate taking the place of dwarf shoots.
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